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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted using made-up stories from fictional claimants to demonstrate the positive impact of benefit sanctions. The revelation comes in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from Welfare Weekly, which questioned whether the comments used i

John Alexander More Dundee residents look set to join the thousands who have already benefitted from energy efficiency measures to their homes if a bid for additional cash is successful.

Plans to demolish a former Aberdeen hotel and build affordable housing have been granted conditional approval. Members of Aberdeen City Council’s planning development management committee agreed to grant detailed planning permission for the Cloverleaf Hotel site in Bucksburn, subject to a legal ag

West Dunbartonshire Council tenants are being consulted on proposals to reduce weekly rent charges by spreading payments over the whole year instead of 47 weeks. The move is a response to the introduction of Universal Credit, which means some tenants now receive a single monthly benefit payment to m

People who are running online businesses through an app store or listings site such as online auctioneer eBay or lettings portal Airbnb, could be about to be hit by a new government crackdown on tax evasion. Airbnb is a website for people to list, find, and rent lodging. It has over 1,500,000 listin

A staff member at Blackwood has taken a big leap for the charity that helped him get his first job by embarking on a 164 foot bungee jump. Paul Richoux, social media coordinator at the housing and care provider, took part in the challenge at the newly refurbished Titan Clydebank Crane in East Renfre

Residents at an East Dunbartonshire day centre are set to unearth a whole load of new outdoor activities from the opening of a bespoke, sensory garden. The creative garden at Bield’s Oakburn Park Day Centre, located in Ferguson Avenue in Milngavie, is a highly accessible space which has been speci

Cube Housing Association has announced plans to build 31 houses for social rent in Dumbarton. Subject to planning and other approvals, work on the homes in Carrick Terrace is expected to start in April 2016.

Waverley Housing has made a donation to a cancer charity after an employee's son challenged himself to run 100 miles in 100 days to support it.

Scotland and the South West of England saw rents rise faster than anywhere else in the UK over the three months to July 2015, new figures show. The HomeLet Rental Index shows that rents continue to rise across the country, with UK rents up 11.8 per cent compared to the same period in 2014.

Residents at Cairn Housing Association's Jubilee House care home came together earlier this month to celebrate the opening of their new sensory garden.

SIS Community Capital has launched a new social investment fund to support up to ten Scottish social enterprises with growth ambitions. Funding is being offered on a first-come, first-serve basis to established social enterprises which are looking to expand or replicate their business through, for e

Cllr Ken Lynn Dundee care homes provided a high standard of care over the past year, according to a new report set to go before councillors today.

Govanhill Housing Association has taken the next steps in its £9.3 million plans to buy and repair poor quality private housing in Glasgow. Last week, the Association sent around 600 letters to all property owners in a target area of four tenement blocks in south-west Govanhill. The letters include

Mike MacKenzie More social sector homes for rent have been completed during the last seven years of the SNP government than over the same period under the former Labour-LibDem administration, according to new statistics.