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Crofters in some of Scotland’s rural and remote communities will benefit from better housing through funding from the Scottish Government. Cabinet secretary for rural economy Fergus Ewing confirmed 21 crofters will share over £705,000 from the Croft House Grant scheme.

A “fuel bank” which offers pre-pay meter vouchers to those struggling to afford to light and heat their homes has opened in Glasgow. The initiative, which gives people who are suffering from food poverty pre-payment meter vouchers for gas or electricity, is available at Glasgow South East Foodba

Forty acres of land for a residential led mixed-use development in Edinburgh has been put up for sale by the National Grid. The Forthquarter site in Granton – which includes the Granton gasholder – has been put up for sale in a bid to deliver much needed family housing to meet unsatisfied demand

Dalmarnock old and new - how did the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games impact the post-industrial neighbourhood? Planning research projects from across the UK and internationally have been shortlisted for this year’s RTPI Awards for Research Excellence.

Just over 1 million adults in Scotland think that they have a debt problem nearly three quarters of which are worrying about their debt all or most of the time, new figures show. Statistics released by Debt Advisory Centre show that overall 1 in 5 people (20 per cent) diagnose themselves as “havin

Miss Piggy with volunteers Natalia Dobrowska and Carol Cullen A six foot tall papier mâché model of Muppets favourite Miss Piggy has become a temporary Motherwell landmark after being loaned out to mark the first birthday of a local charity shop.

Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) has been given the green light to build 152 homes in the Ibrox area of the city. The development will see 116 socially rented homes and 36 homes for mid-market rent constructed on a currently derelict site bounded by Broomloan Road, Skene Road and Paisley Road West.

The Riverside Group has announced that 64 jobs are at risk of redundancy as it needs to make efficiency savings due to government cuts. The North West social housing provider, which owns 6,000 properties, needs to close a £30 million gap in its finances over the next three years.

Keith Vaz MP Keith Vaz, the chairman of the House of Commons Home Affairs committee, has said that Scotland has “led the way” in the UK’s efforts to resettle refugees fleeing the war in Syria.

River Clyde Homes has entered into a partnership with Pollok Credit Union (PCU) to ensure that its customers have the best opportunities to prevent them falling into financial hardship. PCU is the only credit union account operating with social landlords in Scotland that allows Universal Credit to b

Homeowners across most of Central Scotland are being encouraged to make alterations to their homes to ensure it continues to meet future needs, as Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire and Clackmannanshire join 12 other local authorities in supporting the Scottish Government’s Help to Adapt scheme. Help

Tenants of Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) will now be able to take advantage of two new ways to make a payment to the association via their smartphones with the introduction of the Allpay app and the Pingit app. The apps are free of charge and setting them up is quick and easy with clea

Measures by Ofgem to deliver a more competitive and fairer energy market are “a step in the right direction” towards helping poorest consumers but more needs to be done to help people in fuel poverty, Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has said. Yesterday the energy regulator said four million pre-p

Kevin Stewart Communities across Scotland will have the chance to map out the future of their towns with design experts.

An estate management project by Link Group has transformed a neglected shared garden area at Dean Village in Edinburgh. Although regularly used by tenants, the garden area at Link’s properties at Hawthornbank Lane was identified during Estate Management walkabouts as an area that could be improved