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A vital service provided by Aberdeen Cyrenians has received a much-needed funding boost, allowing the charity to extend its service provision. The Advice, Information & Support Drop In service, which is provided five days per week, has faced an uncertain future due to recent funding cuts.

Staff at a housing association in Stoke are to undertake industrial action over a dispute over cuts to pay and work conditions. The GMB union said some workers employed by Aspire Housing are losing over £5,000 per year, face cuts to sick pay, removal of paid allowances, and on top of that are being

The number of households in Scotland has continued to increase, according to figures based on a publication released by National Records of Scotland (NRS). ‘Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2014’, found that there were a record 2.42 million households in 2014, up 0.8 per cent s

Plans have been lodged for almost 60 new homes across two sites in Dundee. The Courier has reported that first will see 24 new homes at Aberlady Crescent as part of a regeneration initiative to create a total of 900 houses.

SHC Developments LLP has unveiled plans for a new student accommodation complex in Aberdeen. The Holburn Street building, designed by architects Halliday Fraser Munro, will consist of 46 apartments.

Eamonn McGarvey Work to refurbish seven multi-storey tower blocks in Aberdeen is to start within weeks after Keepmoat was appointed to the £17.5 million project.

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership recently released its annual report for the financial year just passed. There are a few headlines form the report that we are particularly excited about, writes Kristen Hubert at Shelter Scotland. These are all great successes that show improvements on where we w

Scottish house prices are up by more than 10 per cent since last year, according to a new report. The average cost of a home in May was £180,892 following a 10.3 per cent increase on the same month in 2014 — twice the annual growth seen in England and Wales.

Brian Logan Bield has been awarded funding that will enable it to introduce and boost initiatives that directly improve the lives of older people across Scotland particularly for those living with dementia.

The quality of care and support which Shelter Scotland provides to homeless and badly housed households has been highly commended by the Care Inspectorate. Shelter Scotland’s Housing Support Services, which provides a range of national housing support functions to those with complex needs, was pra

The cleared site for new Tayvallich homes Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has started work on two 3-bedroom family homes for rent in the village of Tayvallich in Mid Argyll.

Plans to build over 1,000 homes as well as a community hub and a link road have been approved by North Lanarkshire Council. The plan which will see 1,040 new homes developed in the pleasant village of Glenboig was put to the local authority’s planning and transportation committee last week by Hami

West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative (WWHC) is organising a charity football match to commemorate the second anniversary the passing of Phil Welsh MBE, a founder member of the housing co-operative and its first chairperson. The event is taking place on Sunday August 9th at the Toryglen Regional Foo

A Scottish charity is offering the chance for people to live in new build affordable homes in a community forest in Argyll. Kilfinan Community Forest Company (KCFC) is initially offering two homes and two self-build plots in a community-owned forest in Tighnabruaich with the hope of offering more in

Almost £1 million will be spent on upgrading works to 83 council houses across Falkirk. The work is expected to get underway over the summer and will involve replacing rendering and roofing at 36 properties in Bo’ness, 27 in Polmont and 20 Maddiston.