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Mactaggart & Mickel boosts food banks
Family-owned house-builder Mactaggart & Mickel has handed £1,500 to food banks who are helping people in need amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Published 26 March 2020
Scottish Housing News joins forces with Homeless Network Scotland
Homeless Network Scotland is partnering with Scottish Housing News to collect and share the experiences and challenges faced by its members, the wider homelessness sector and people confronted directly with homelessness during the COVID-19 crisis. In response to the emergency, Homeless Network Scotland is offering free membership to organisations and individuals. Their head of external relations, Martin Gavin, joins our team temporarily from today as a special correspondent on homelessness.
Published 25 March 2020
Craig Edward: Rent holiday is a non-starter
Craig Edward offers an alternative view to Grant Ager’s call for Scotland’s social landlords to consider a three-month rent holiday.
Published 25 March 2020
Scottish Government to ban all evictions for six months
Emergency coronavirus legislation will include a six-month ban on evictions from social and private rented sector accommodation, the Scottish Government has announced.
Published 25 March 2020
Wheatley Group offers empty homes as temporary homeless accommodation
Wheatley Group has announced that it will make empty homes available to local authorities as temporary accommodation for people experiencing homelessness.
Published 25 March 2020
Plans underway to provide homeless accommodation in Edinburgh
Plans have been put in place to protect people facing homelessness during the coronavirus outbreak in Edinburgh, thanks to the combined efforts of the local authority, public health, private and third sector workers.
Published 25 March 2020
Simon Community Scotland issues urgent appeal for funds
A Scottish charity seeking to ensure that homeless people are kept safe from coronavirus – by finding them accommodation in dedicated hotel space – has issued an urgent appeal to help make it happen.
Published 25 March 2020
Kelly Fraser: What RSLs need to know about coronavirus and data protection
All organisations across the world are facing challenges as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and Kelly Fraser says many Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) will be concerned about what this means for their day-to-day operations.
Published 25 March 2020
£1 billion business support fund opens
The Scottish Government has launched a £1 billion business support fund meaning businesses can now apply for grants to help them deal with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
Published 25 March 2020
Social landlords offered free crisis communication webinar
Orbit Communications is to deliver a free webinar tomorrow to assist communications teams at housing associations respond to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Published 25 March 2020
Bethany Christian Trust issues coronavirus services update
Bethany Christian Trust has issued a services update in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, assuring users that services continue to support vulnerable and homeless people across Scotland.
Published 25 March 2020
BHA's Helen Forsyth appointed to South of Scotland Enterprise board
Helen Forsyth, the current chief executive of Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA), has been appointed to the board of the South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE).
Published 25 March 2020
Glasgow factoring firm buys Aberdeen rival
Glasgow factoring firm Newton Property Management has expanded its business after completing a five-figure acquisition to buy Aberdeen competitor Robertson & Associates.
Published 25 March 2020
Projected population change to vary across Scotland, says National Records of Scotland
More than half of Scotland's council areas (18 out of 32) are expected to see population growth over the 10 years between mid-2018 and mid-2028 with the remainder projected to face depopulation, according to new statistics.
Published 25 March 2020
Grant Ager: Scottish social landlords should suspend rent during coronavirus crisis
Well-known housing figure Grant Ager argues that Scotland’s social landlords should consider a three-month rent holiday.
Published 24 March 2020
