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A partnership between Age UK, Age Cymru, Age Scotland and Britain’s gas network companies is being extended to help more older people.

A North East England-founded accommodation business has made its first move into Scotland with the opening of a new design-led student property in the heart of Glasgow.

Ordnance Survey (OS) and mapping technology provider Esri UK have launched the Social Housing Innovation Challenge, inviting housing associations and local authorities to submit ideas that deliver benefits for residents and housing teams, through innovative use of digital technology.

Hundreds of new zero-carbon-ready homes are set to be built in New Brunstane, with a major development due to get underway next year at one of the most sought-after sites in Edinburgh.

Trust Housing Association is calling for greater collaboration between housing providers, local authorities and housebuilders to help address Scotland's housing emergency with the official launch of its new five-year strategy. ‘Ready, together’ strategy sets out the social housing and ca

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has refused two landlords permission to appeal a First-tier Tribunal repairing standard enforcement order requiring them to make their tenant’s roof wind and watertight.

Households in Bonnyrigg are set to benefit from warmer homes after Changeworks helped Midlothian Council to secure £695,000 from the Scottish Government’s Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund.

EICC Live, the David Hume Institute and The Open University are to host an anniversary screening of Ken Loach’s Cathy Come Home. First broadcast in November 1966, it reached 16 million people, a quarter of the UK population at the time.

Work is starting this week on an investment project in the north west of Dumfries. The work, carried out by Wheatley, will include replacing roofs and carrying out repairs to the outside of buildings, helping protect homes from the weather and improve their appearance.

Procurement specialist Pagabo is inviting bidders to compete for a place on the new National Framework for Small to Medium Works 2026.

Langstane Housing Association has appointed Mel Booth as its new director of housing and communities, as the organisation prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2027. Mel brings more than 15 years’ experience working in housing across several Scottish local authorities. She currently ma

Kingdom Housing Association has delivered 41 new affordable homes to St Andrews in partnership with Barratt Homes. The latest homes are a mix of two-bed mid-market rent (MMR) flats, plus two-bed cottage flats and two, three and five-bed houses, all for social rent. They are in addition to 63 homes f

Louisa Macdonell has been elected as chair of Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) at the charity’s Annual General Meeting. She replaces Simon Rennie, who stood down at the end of his three-year term.

Scotland’s equalities minister joined leading figures working to prevent homelessness at a landmark conference in Glasgow. Simita Kumar gave the keynote address at the Ask and Act Conference, held by the charity Advice Direct Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Government.

A Glasgow City Council committee has approved the disposal and beginning of land and site negotiations in Daldowie, Easterhouse and Ruchill that could bring a state-of-the-art Scottish Water Bioresource Treatment Centre to the city, as well as 45 new homes and a water vole sanctuary. The committee g