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West Dunbartonshire Council will today discuss proposals to refresh its empty homes strategy in a bid to tackle the housing shortage in the area. There are more than 400 empty private properties in West Dunbartonshire, according to council tax records, and more than 3,900 applicants on the council's

Julie McElroy A recent PhD graduate is looking for funding to conduct research into the prevalence and application of assistive technology for disabled people in the Scottish housing sector.

Glasgow has topped property website Zoopla's list of UK cities where it's cheaper to buy a house than to rent. Buying a home is now more cost-effective than renting in nearly two thirds (60 per cent) of British cities, according to Zoopla's research into the monthly cost of renting a two-bedroom hom

Scottish council house tenants continue to pay less per week than their counterparts in England and in Wales, new figures from Scotland's Chief Statistician show. Tenants paid an average of £66 per week to rent their homes, compared to £86 per week in England and £76 per week in Wales.

David Bookbinder The Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) has warned that the direct payment of the housing element of Universal Credit to social landlords may not happen until 2022.

Councillor David McBride West Dunbartonshire Council is consulting local residents for their views on how the council allocates its homes.

Bill Sharkey New Gorbals Housing Association has announced the death of founding member Bill Sharkey, a long-standing committee member, ex-chairperson and stalwart of the Community Controlled Housing Association movement.

Last year's Sleep Out The Rock Trust youth homelessness charity will hold its annual 'Sleep Out' in Edinburgh's Festival Square this Friday 4 November to raise funds for its essential work.

A care home in Bellshill celebrated Halloween in style this year with a traditional, spooky tea dance.

Scary stuff… ”zombies” on the loose in Maryhill with local youngsters Residents' associations in Maryhill were supported by Maryhill Housing to host two spook-tacular Halloween events at the end of October.

Almost 60 homes will be built at Finavon Street, Dundee on behalf of Abertay Housing Association after planning permission was secured by planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore. The proposals will see a cleared brownfield site developed to deliver 56 energy-efficient affordable homes to sup

Two new state-of-the-art housing developments by CCG (Scotland) Ltd for Perth and Kinross Council are to get underway in Perth this month.

Tenants and officers from across Scotland congregated at the Wheatley Academy in Glasgow on Friday 21st October for the first and very successful Value for Money event delivered jointly by TPAS Scotland and HouseMark Scotland. Kirsty Wells, Head of HouseMark Scotland, explored with delegates how to

The housing and health committee of Perth & Kinross Council will discuss the performance of its Rent 1st Campaign as well as revisions to its rent arrears policy at a meeting this Wednesday. The council's Rent 1st Campaign promotes payments and offers support, advice and sets out the consequence

Cadder Housing Association held the officially opening of its new state of the art community centre on Friday. The new centre was designed by Cooper Cromar Architects and built by Clark Contracts at a total cost of £3.1 million.