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Research is underway to find out if people with spare rooms could host homeless young people if there was a project to offer them payment, training and support in Scotland. More than 7,000 people aged between 16 and 24 years old applied for help with homelessness from Scottish local authorities in 2

Jennifer Henderson Jennifer Henderson has been appointed as the new Keeper of the Registers of Scotland by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, with the consent of the Lord President of the Court of Session, Lord Carloway.

Theresa Sharp Finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has appointed two new investment managers, as it continues to grow its investments in charities and social enterprises.

Bernadette Malone The chief executive of Perth & Kinross Council, Bernadette Malone, has announced her decision to retire at the beginning of July this year.

Bob Doris MSP The Local Government and Communities Committee wants to know what you think of the Planning (Scotland) Bill.

The Scottish Borders Health & Social Care Partnership’s Community Capacity Building team (CCB) has been shortlisted for the finals of the iESE (Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise) Public Sector Transformation Awards 2018. Now in their ninth year, the awards are held to celebrate the

Savers who invested money into the now defunct North East Scotland Credit Union have been assured they will have their savings returned after the organisation went under. Last night, a message was published on the NESCU website stating that the co-operative, which had more than 2,500 savers on its b

Angela Constance Communities Secretary Angela Constance has said the Scottish Government will take "new and innovative" approaches to the housing challenges of Brexit and an ageing population, The Herald reports.

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter The UK government is facing questions from local government over plans to issue new guidance on 'desktop studies', whereby combustible materials are not regularly tested before their use in buildings.

The Herald has published a full obituary of Harriet Haire MBE, a prominent figure in the Clydebank and Scottish housing association sector who died in January at the age of 87. Ms Haire was a founding member of the steering group that set up the Trafalgar Housing Co-Operative in 1990, later the Traf

Monica Lennon Scottish Labour has urged the Scottish Government to take steps to introduce a tourist tax in Scotland after COSLA unanimously backed the plans.

Jennifer Simon Maryhill Housing has announced a pair of senior appointments to equip the housing association for the future.

Fife Housing Group has been recognised by The Sunday Times and Best Companies as one of the top not-for-profit employers in the country for the first time.

Rachael MacIndeor and George Williamson Two Modern Apprentices at Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) have undertaken a day course on routine playground inspections.

Housing associations in the UK made record operating profits in 2017, despite the introduction of a 1% annual social housing rent cut in England until 2020, according to Moody's Public Sector Europe.