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Mid-year population estimates from National Records of Scotland show that Scotland’s population is ageing compared with previous decades. Since 2000, the number of people aged 65+ in Scotland has increased by a third, while the number of children has fallen 6%. All 32 Scottish council areas ha

Aberdeen City Council is to explore broadening the ways it can help residents overcome poverty. The council will consider making a £1 million fuel bill fund – set aside earlier this year – available for additional household costs.

A new round of funding worth £145,921 is available for organisations across Scotland looking to offer grassroots, community-led support for those affected by dementia. The ‘Encouraging and Supporting Grassroots Activity Fund’ is open to both new and established organisations and co

Proposals to transform a former nightclub in Livingston into a new care home have been submitted by developer and housing provider, Morrison Community Care.

People in Scotland who are claiming Universal Credit are being hit by a ‘perfect storm’ during the cost of living crisis, according to a new report published today by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). The report shows that across the Scottish CAB network advice given on food banks has grow

New research has revealed that between 1,300 and 1,700 job vacancies in Skye are being left unfilled due to a lack of housing for workers.

Street Legal, a partnership between Clan Childlaw and Shelter Scotland, has been successful in the highest civil court in Scotland in challenging the City of Edinburgh Council’s refusal to accept a homeless application from a family. The two organisations provide free legal help with housing a

A Wheatley Homes Glasgow tenant says her new family home in the south of the city is “exactly what we were looking for”. Lisa Kitson moved into her new three-bedroom home in St Edmund Court, Pollok, in April this year, along with husband Patrick and sons, Lewis and Harris.

Demand and sales were lower in Scotland’s housing market during June and expectations for the next few months are muted, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) survey.

The application deadline for a community fund launched by independent Scottish developer Dundas Estates has been extended to ensure causes in and around Musselburgh don’t miss the chance to make their case.

The Highland Council is currently consulting local communities, businesses and the public on their draft policy statement relative to the new mandatory short term let licensing scheme, which is due to take effect from 1 October 2022. The short term let licensing scheme will apply to a wide range of

The board of Waverley Housing has appointed Daltons Demolition Limited as its preferred demolition contractor, in the Upper Langlee Regeneration Programme.

7N Architects has submitted a formal planning application to the City of Edinburgh Council on behalf of Cruden Homes, seeking to build 99 flats as part of a new residential development at Salamander Yards in Edinburgh. The project will deliver a mix of one, two and three-bed homes with 35% of the un

Five public access defibrillators have been installed in Inverness city centre. The project to co-ordinate, purchase and install has been a collaboration project following three separate independent city businesses individually raising and donating funds to purchase and install the equipment.

Scotland’s minister for tenants’ rights, Patrick Harvie, will give the keynote speech at Propertymark’s Scottish National Conference which takes place at the Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel on 15 September 2022. Mr Harvie is expected to give an update on the Scottish Government’s Ren