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Celebrating Scottish Housing Day with tenants at Burgh House Fife Council celebrated Scottish Housing Day yesterday with retirement housing tenants at Burgh House in Leslie.

Rachael Clark By Rachael Clark, service manager for the Shelter Scotland Glasgow Housing Support & Prevent Service

Gillian Guy Citizens Advice is calling for the rest of the UK to follow Scotland’s lead and ban letting agents from charging fees to tenants.

Jenny Laing The four Scottish councils which form the Scottish Local Government Partnership (SLGP) have called for new tax-raising powers in a bid to alleviate the impact of funding cuts.

Payday loan company CFO Lending has been ordered to repay around £35 million to borrowers after regulators found evidence of unfair practices to more than 97,000 customers. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the company took payments without permission and sent “threatening and misleading

The inaugural Scottish Housing Day takes place today to highlight the different housing options and choices available to people looking for a home. Organisations from across the sector have shown their support for the event and people are invited to join in a national conversation on Twitter.

Annie Mauger An opinion poll commissioned to coincide with the first official Scottish Housing Day has found the Scottish public knows very little about their housing options beyond the options of buying with a mortgage and private and social renting.

Margaret McCallion, Cordale Housing Association chairperson, Mr and Mrs Walker & Barry Johnstone, Caledonia Housing Association area director Caledonia Housing Association and Cordale Housing Association were delighted to have provided 32 new homes to tenants in John Street and Main Street in Re

The official opening of Partick Housing Association’s new £6.5 million housing development at Broomhill Gate has been carried out by Councillor Frank McAveety, leader of Glasgow City Council. This 46 unit development in Glasgow’s West End includes 14 three-bedroom social rented town houses, 18

I’m delighted to support the first Scottish Housing Day and I want to congratulate all of those hard working organisations and individuals who have made this annual date possible. Scottish Housing Day is a great opportunity to let people know about the range of housing options available in Scotlan

A former children’s home in Perth which has been refurbished to provide new council flats was officially opened today to mark Scottish Housing Day. The property in Nimmo Place has been converted into four new flats by Perth & Kinross Council. The council built another two new flats as part of

By Aoife Deery, policy officer at Shelter Scotland The Scottish Government recently launched a consultation on what will be the new Scottish Social Security System which will deliver devolved benefits in Scotland. This development comes on the back of the Smith Commission which was set up after the

Viewpoint in Edinburgh is Scotland’s oldest housing association. Not only that but it is unique in that it has both care homes and sheltered housing. The three care homes are located in Edinburgh and housing within Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife.

New Gorbals Housing Association’s newest homes in Laurieston have been named in the top 100 buildings of the century, and shortlisted for the Scotstyle architecture award. The Scotstyle list, which features buildings from 1916 right up to the present day, has been compiled by Royal Incorporation o

Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association has launched a new Facebook group for residents to share news, views and useful tips with friends and relatives and to ask any questions they may have about Hanover’s services. ‘Hanover Blether’ went live last month and was made a reality after a resident