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A major homelessness summit is being convened in Scotland's largest city by Glasgow City Council today. Housing Minister Kevin Stewart will attend the summit, which will be chaired by Councillor Mhairi Hunter, City Convenor for Health and Social Care Integration.

Entrepreneur Josh Littlejohn, who founded Social Bite – a growing chain of sandwich shops run as a social business – will receive an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh today.

Two more members of Wheatley Group have achieved Investors in People’s prestigious Gold accreditation. Dunedin Canmore, which owns or manages 8000 homes in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife, and Barony, which has 360 affordable homes and provides care and support to over 700 people across Central S

Castle Rock Edinvar MD Richard Jennings, Tenant Nick Martin at his home at Darag, Bogwood Road, Mayfield, Dalkeith and Cabinet Member for Housing and Customer Services Councillor Stephen Curran. An empty Midlothian property, dubbed an eyesore by locals, has been transformed into quality affordable h

Islay residents will soon have more affordable housing options, as major renovation work to convert the former police station in Port Ellen into six self-contained one bedroom and studio flats gets underway.

Fiona MacPhail Housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland has appointed Fiona McPhail as its new principal solicitor.

Social landlords should be encouraged to make the social sector easier for young people to access, a new Scottish Government report recommends. The Life Chances of Young People in Scotland is the second report from the Scottish Government's independent advisor on poverty and inequality, Naomi Eisens

Link Group has featured for the first time in this year's UK-wide Inside Housing ‘Top 50 Biggest Builders’ list. Link, having completed 328 new affordable homes, 202 of which are for social rent, was a new entry in two categories – ‘Top 50 Biggest Builders: Completions’ and ‘Top 10 Housi

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay with Christine Pert, who moved into Edgar Crescent with daughter Daisy, 11, and son Rory, 9, having lived in Renfrew for nine years Local families have moved into the first homes built in Sanctuary’s planned £50 million investment in new affordable housing stock in

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has just completed its evaluation of the first applications from Argyll and Bute Schools to the 10 10 10 Initiative.

Ann Leslie LAR Housing Trust is celebrating a raft of new deals in June that takes the organisation’s total number of affordable homes in its portfolio up to 204 at nine sites across Scotland.

Maryhill Housing has celebrated four decades of serving the community with a family fun day held at Maryhill Burgh Halls.

The number of physically disabled people identified as homeless or at risk of homelessness has risen by 44% in the past four years. Scottish Government figures show a steady increase from 2013/14, where 898 disabled people were in need of support, to 2016/17, where it rose to 1,292.

Jeane Freeman Hundreds of thousands of people of people in Scotland have lost or will lose some of their benefit payments due to the UK government cuts, according to a new report by the Scottish Government.

The Seaton tower blocks in Aberdeen There are no sprinklers in over 300 high-rise buildings managed by Scottish councils and social landlords, according to a new BBC Scotland investigation in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.