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New town hubs, more affordable town centre homes and a new family learning centre are among the projects planned for North Lanarkshire’s towns and communities as part of the local authority’s £1.25 billion The Place, The Vision plan. After announcing the projects to members of the

Scotland’s annual conference looking in detail at the causes of and solutions to homelessness takes place from 5 – 7 October, presented by Homeless Network Scotland. This year’s theme is choice, covering topics from the housing we want to live in, to the area we want to settle and

With energy bills set to increase from October 2021, a survey has been launched by Hillcrest to find out how easy households are finding it to comfortably heat their homes, and how these price rises may make things more difficult. These price increases are a result of Energy watchdog Ofgem raising t

Glasgow City Council is seeking views on how digital technology can improve services related to housing in the city with a consultation that will help shape the final version of its Digital Housing Strategy (DHS).

A decision by the Home Office not to give money to thousands of asylum seekers to make calls to friends and family during the pandemic has been declared unlawful by the High Court. The ruling means the UK Government could be forced to roll back weekly payments for some 10,000 asylum seekers.

UK Muslim charity National Zakat Foundation (NZF) is introducing a Covid recovery scheme to support Scottish Muslims at risk of eviction. The charity which collects Zakat, an obligatory payment in the Islamic faith of 2.5% of annual qualifying wealth which is then distributed back into the Musl

Melrose-based developer Rural Renaissance Limited (RRL) has broken ground on a new 14-flat retirement complex in the town centre, with support from Bank of Scotland.

Scottish Borders Council is supporting this year’s Challenge Poverty Week (4-10 October) by launching the Anti-Poverty Strategy and associated Action Plan which were formally approved at the council meeting held on September 23. The Strategy was developed by a joint elected member and officer

The Highland Council’s Highland Coastal Communities Fund Strategic Sub-Committee has agreed to provide over £313,000 of grant support to benefit six community-led projects. The new fund is designed to support economic regeneration and sustainable development around coastal areas in Highl

Scotland's youth homelessness charity Rock Trust is marking 30 years of working supporting vulnerable and at-risk young people by bringing the issue of youth homelessness right into the core of the community. The charity’s self-styled ‘Sofa Stories’ installation and engagement even

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has donated a public access defibrillator (PAD) to the Dunbar Rugby Club to benefit the wider community living near the Hallhill Centre in Dunbar and those using the club. As part of a joint initiative with the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the home builder is donating

Kingdom Housing Association has appointed Susan McDonald as its new executive director of operations. Her appointment is part of a newly revised management structure implemented across the Kingdom Group following a comprehensive organisational review.

Members of the Highland Council's Housing and Property Committee have approved the Housing Annual Assurance Statement for 2021 and were briefed on potential delays to its home-building programme caused by labour shortages, price hikes and supply issues. A regulatory requirement monito

Plans to build more than 500 council homes on the northern edge of Aberdeen are progressing after Bancon Homes gained sign off for a number of planning conditions from the local authority. Since gaining planning permission in principle last November for the development at Cloverhill, immediatel

Professor Ruth Chang is chair and professor of jurisprudence at the University of Oxford and a professorial fellow at University College, Oxford. Professor Chang will speak at this year’s Scottish Homelessness Conference this Thursday 7 October, day three of the event, about choice and commitm