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Volunteer Fiona Burnett (left) with housing minister Margaret Burgess Housing minister Margaret Burgess visited Shelter Scotland’s Prestwick Shop last week to meet and congratulate volunteer Fiona Burnett after she won a national award for her charitable work.

Kay Blair The Scottish Housing Regulator is looking for feedback on its early ideas for a new appeals process.

The complexity of the UK government’s plans to make private sector landlords legally responsible for checking the immigration status of their tenants is seeing lawful tenants being refused housing, according new research. Having been piloted in the West Midlands, the government announced last mont

Nile Istephan The Scotland Bill has the potential to enable social landlords to support and transform tenants’ lives though sections of the it fail to meet the “spirit or substance” of the Smith Commission, according to the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA).

Link Group chief executive Craig Sanderson with Provost Anne Hall Link's new affordable housing development at the Arnotts Building in Paisley has been officially opened by Provost Anne Hall.

Simon Phillips Esh Border Construction has strengthened its reputation as a high quality social housing developer and contractor with a multi-million pound range of projects across Scotland and northern England.

Housing and social security have a central role to play in the Scottish Government’s programme for government 2015-16, published this week. CIH Scotland policy and practice officer Ashley Campbell takes a look at the detail. The Scottish Government’s legislative programme for 2015/16 acknowledge

Waverley Housing has been further recognised for its efforts to promote a healthy workforce. The association, which signed up to the Healthy Working Lives initiative, has achieved the Silver Award having already obtained a Bronze Award.

Colin Innes A shortage in the availability of good quality housing in Scotland will be front of mind in Edinburgh next week when a group of leading real estate experts address an audience of property professionals from across Scotland.

Generation Rent has raised enough money to keep campaigning for private renters across the UK after amassing nearly £18,000 in donations. The future of the campaign group looked very bleak a month ago, with no guarantee that it would be able to survive past September.

Courtside rivalry was as fierce as the on court action when two regional wheelchair basketball teams competed for victory during an exhibition match in Dundee on Saturday. The mythically-titled Dundee Dragons and Lothian Phoenix, who are sponsored by the care providers Gowrie Care and Blackwood resp

Alex Neil meets residents who have benefitted from Help to Buy The Scottish Government has unveiled more details of its plans to spend £195 million over the next three years on a successor to the existing Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme.

Work is underway on the first phase of a £5 million programme to reduce the risk of fuel poverty among hundreds of households in Paisley. The phase one project will see more than 700 homes in the Gallowhill area benefit from measures to help residents save money on heating bills and make homes more

Scottish Land & Estates has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement on the private rental sector (PRS), with new funding for rural housing ‘critical’ for the future of countryside communities. As part of the programme for government, first minister Nicola Sturgeon announced plans t

Lisa Glass By Lisa Glass at Shelter Scotland