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Residents in Dalmuir are set for a tasty six months after two housing associations and an inspiring local charity secured almost £60,000 for a range of food-related projects. Dalmuir Park Housing Association, Trafalgar Housing Association and local charity Golden Friendships obtained the bumpe

The City of Edinburgh Council and national homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust have re-opened the Welcome Centre this winter to provide accommodation of last resort, tailored support and positive move on options for people who would otherwise be sleeping on the streets. Having opened o

TSB has extended its pilot scheme that offers bank accounts to homeless people.

Neptune Energy is to donate products and clothing to homelessness charity Aberdeen Cyrenians. The energy firm has announced it is working with Sheltersuit UK, a non-profit organisation that creates products to protect homeless people from the elements, to help 350 people across the UK to stay w

The global professional body for chartered surveyors has outlined new diversity and inclusion rules that must be adhered to by its members.

ADP has secured planning permission from Glasgow City Council to deliver apartments on the upper floors of two buildings in St Enoch's Square. The application sought to convert the empty offices located at 26 to 36 St Enoch Square into 26 flats.

New regulations that provide for the preparation, submission and registration of Local Place Plans (LPPs) have been laid in the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government said the Town and Country Planning (Local Place Plans) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 are an important part of the legal

Almost 370,000 people who ran out of money before payday last year could not afford internet access as a result, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found. Polling by YouGov for the charity found that 32% of people ran out of money before payday in the last year. Of those people, 26

Households are being encouraged to help widen access to the COP26 summit by providing affordable accommodation to attendees.

The Scottish Government has set out the actions it will take in the buildings sector to deliver on climate change commitments, support economic opportunities, and ensure a just transition, including helping address fuel poverty.

CIH Scotland has announced the shortlisted nominees for the Scotland Housing Awards this November.

Riverside Scotland has welcomed the new chair of its board as Jim Strang was officially appointed at the organisation’s AGM.   Mr Strang – who has more than 40 years’ experience within the housing sector – has replaced current chair Duncan McEachran whose five-year maxim

The Sustainability for Housing Board has published a revised version of the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing (SRS) to incorporates changes proposed by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) after consultation with registered social landlords.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published its report on the outcome of its statutory intervention at Arklet Housing Association.

Reducing public liability insurance requirements and the removal of overprovision powers are among a series of “pragmatic and significant” changes to the licensing scheme for short-term lets in Scotland, social justice secretary Shona Robison has said. The changes also include