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Shelter Scotland has accused local and national government of taking their eye off the ball with efforts to tackle and prevent what it calls the “national shame” of homelessness levels in the country. According to the housing and homelessness charity, a household becomes homeless in Scotland eve

John Blackwood The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) has announced its support for a move to measure the impact of tax changes for Private Rented Sector (PRS) landlords on the availability of affordable housing.

Tom Brown Ochil View Housing Association has announced its intention to end the suspension of its development programme during its Annual General Meeting last month.

Ashleigh (Scotland) joint managing director, Douglas Small handing keys for the Kirkcudbright properties to Loreburn’s chief executive, Lorraine Usher Loreburn Housing Association and construction company Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd have recently completed their 500th new home as a partnership.

For the first time in its 37 year history, Williamsburgh Housing Association took the decision to combine its Residents Conference and Annual General Meeting. Given that the numbers attending exceeded previous records for such events, this proved to be a successful strategy.

Charlotte Levy (right), Eleanor Brown (left) and Anna Stuart MBE (centre) Veteran community campaigner and long-standing member of Thenue’s board of management Charlotte Levy has been named runner-up in the final of the Mary Barbour Award.

Nicola Sturgeon The Scottish Government’s plan to deliver on its commitment to greater equality of opportunity, increased economic growth and improved public services will be laid out this week.

A new report by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GCPH) has found that high-interest payday loans are “absolutely corrosive to mental health”. However, it also suggests rules designed to protect borrowers from exorbitant interest rates could leave people struggling to afford basics with

Scottish ministers should embrace a vision to make Scotland the EU’s first fully renewable electricity nation, campaigners have said today. The call by WWF Scotland comes as the group published opinion polling data revealing that 61 per cent of the Scottish public “would like to see a Scotland t

Inverclyde Council’s bid to demolish 430 flats on a Port Glasgow housing estate was based on “flawed”, “inadequate” and “tainted” assumptions, a judge has ruled. The tenement flats on the Clune Park estate, all of which are in private ownership, were identified by the council as its hi

Sandy Adam Springfield Properties is set to significantly contribute to the Scottish housing market after receiving approval for over 1,700 new homes at 13 sites so far in 2016.

A letting agent has been removed from North Ayrshire Council’s landlord register after flouting rules protecting the deposits of tenants. The council’s licensing committee heard that Colvin Houston Ltd breached rules on tenancy deposits 51 times.

Aberdeen City Council has broken ground on a £13.5 million housing development at Manor Walk. The former playing fields in the Middlefield area will be home to 80 new council properties and will feature a mixture of flats and houses.

Kingdom Housing Association and Citizens Advice and Rights Fife (CARF), through the Macmillan Fife Welfare Benefit Partnership, have launched a new partnership aimed at supporting tenants in Fife affected by cancer. Norah Smith, director of housing and care at Kingdom, said: “We recognise that ten

Bryan Powell By Bryan Powell, private landlord support officer at Shelter Scotland