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Young people who are unable to buy their own home often feel frustrated as they struggle to settle down and benefit from the positive qualities of home, a new study has found. The term ‘generation rent’ denotes young people who are increasingly living in the private rented sector for longer peri

Frances Snee By Frances Snee, empty homes adviser at Shelter Scotland

Concerns among Scots about the availability and quality of homes are mounting, while increasing numbers aspire to own the roof over their head, according to a new poll. Conducted by YouGov for HomeOwners Alliance and BLP Insurance, the 2016 Homeowner Survey shows that the appetite amongst residents

Michelle Davitt By Big Issue Invest Scotland manager Michelle Davitt

A new resource has been launched in Edinburgh to enable not only the elderly, but everyone in the capital, to find trusted tradespeople. Care and Repair Edinburgh has launched a website to link up reputable tradespeople with the wider Edinburgh public. The charity has been recommending reliable trad

Local coach Andrew Kirk with Carbrain Primary pupils A North Lanarkshire charity is set to help Cumbernauld kids learn life and sports skills.

(from left) Balma Martinez, Henry Butterfield, Alice Greenhill, Caroline McConnachie, David Cameron and Monika Krumina at Dundee's Shelter Scotland shop A homelessness charity says it is still “in shock” after receiving a donation of ball gowns and prom dresses worth over £21,000.

Housing and care provider Bield is highlighting the important role that volunteers can play in assisting older people to enjoy happy and fulfilled lives in Fife. Braehead Gardens Very Sheltered Housing Development in Buckhaven is looking for friendly and enthusiastic befrienders to get to know and s

Alastair Davis, SIS chief executive Scottish third sector lender Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has won a prestigious award from the Cabinet Office for its pioneering work on the SIS Community Capital Fund.

The number of houses repossessed across Scotland during 2016 will be low if interest rate rises are further postponed as anticipated, a mortgage service company has predicted. In its annual forecast, HML said that it expects a total of 830 repossessions – or 0.08 per cent of all residential mortga

Huge variations and changes to relevant national and UK wide affordable warmth policies has inevitably hindered progress to eradicate fuel poverty, according to a new report. The UK Fuel Poverty Monitor, produced annually by National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS), was publishe

A Broughty Ferry development containing the first homes to be delivered in the Dundee area under the Scottish Government’s National Housing Trust (NHT) initiative has made it through to the final stages of the prestigious Scottish Home Awards. The Sandy Loan development has been selected as a fina

A housing support service provided by Abertay Housing Association to tenants living within its seven sheltered housing complexes has been graded ‘very good to excellent’ by regulators. An inspection of the housing support service by the Care Inspectorate in March looked at three main areas and g

Jimmy Black Stairs. A complete nuisance if you have furniture to shift, babies to carry, shopping to bring home. That’s all of us at one time or another. And they’re a nuisance for disabled people too.

Over £158,000 has been injected into affordable housing in Glenrothes to bring long-term empty properties back into use as homes for people who have experienced homelessness or are in housing need. YMCA Glenrothes has received a grant from the Nationwide Foundation to go towards creating homes for