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A new service has been launched for Scots to calculate their benefits entitlement in a bid to address the financial hardship facing many families. The online tool is the first to fully integrate devolved benefits, including the new Scottish Child Payment which opens next week.

UK housing secretary Robert Jenrick yesterday agreed to pay £3.5 billion to remove cladding from hundreds of thousands of unsafe high-rise flats in England and criticised the Scottish Government for doing "absolutely nothing" to help flat-owners affected in Scotland.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has allowed an appeal by a former tenant with severe learning difficulties against a payment order for rent arrears made against her and remitted her case back to the First-tier Tribunal Housing and Property Chamber. 

Cube Housing Association tenants have voted overwhelmingly to join up with Wheatley sister organisations GHA and Loretto. No fewer than 85.5% of Cube tenants in Glasgow, who took part in the independent ballot, voted in favour of joining forces with Scotland’s largest Social Registered Landlor

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) has published two interim reports into the COVID-19 crisis response to homelessness in Great Britain and domestic abuse policy in the four nations of the UK prior to the pandemic. The Covid-19 crisis response to homelessness in Great

A £70 million investment in economic growth for Argyll and Bute will be used to fund affordable housing for key workers with the formal signing of the area’s rural growth deal today.

CIH has issued a good practice note which highlights some examples from across the UK of how housing organisations are supporting homeschooling.

Wheatley Group’s fuel advice service has helped tenants save over £1 million on their energy bills over the past year. The service offers expert support for tenants to help reduce gas and electricity bills and keep homes warm.

Wellhouse Housing Association (WHA) is working to help local residents stay warm this winter by sharing £1,000 among those unable to heat their homes. In a bid to reduce fuel poverty and ensure occupants are comfortable in their own homes, the community-led housing association based in greater

A child from Forth Valley with a passion for creative art has designed a new logo for Bield to use throughout its anniversary celebration.

Angus Council has appointed MPS to manage the maintenance of council homes in the region.

Families have started to benefit from a 2019 financial inclusion initiative run by Highland Council’s Health Visiting Service and Welfare Team. In 2019, the team was invited to join other organisations from across Scotland to be involved in a national financial inclusion improvement project to

Quicker response times, improved evidence gathering and working directly with communities are amongst proposals made by Fife Council's Housing Services to tackle antisocial behaviour throughout the Kingdom. Recommendations have been made to invest an additional £320,000 to recruit additional s

A landlord who did not secure the deposit from two Glasgow students has been ordered to pay them £2,800 after a tribunal ruling. Ajitpal Dhillon was taken to a housing tribunal by Laura Pollock and Rhona MacKintosh following a dispute over an Argyle Street flat.

Legislation to increase the transparency of land ownership in Scotland has been passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament. The Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land regulations pave the way for the creation of a public database that will provide key information about those wh