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Carers and disabled people have had their benefit awards safely and securely transferred to Social Security Scotland from the Department for Work and Pensions after a multi-year project.   More than 700,000 benefit awards have been successfully moved over to the Scottish system, meaning every d

A major refurbishment milestone has been marked in the Highland town of Kingussie, where residents, employees and partners gathered to celebrate a transformational upgrade to a much-loved local housing development. The event at Glebe Court marked the completion of a £1.2 million renovation pro

Gillian McLees has been appointed as the Chartered Institute of Housing's (CIH) new national director for Scotland. Effective today, Gillian succeeds Callum Chomczuk, as he moves on to a new role.

Housebuilder Keepmoat is to invest £84 million to deliver 332 high-quality new homes in Stoneyburn, partnering with Home Group to create a multi-tenure community. The development will see Home Group deliver 33 affordable new homes at the site off Cannop Crescent, which when complete, will prov

Persimmon Homes is the first developer in Scotland to sign an agreement to fund and complete essential cladding work in buildings for which they are responsible.

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney visited a newly completed Hillcrest development in Dundee, which has delivered another 18 homes towards the city’s provision of affordable housing. With the Scottish Government’s Housing to 2040 objective aiming to deliver a considerable boost of a

The Halliday Foundation has been spreading festive cheer across the east end of Glasgow this Christmas, delivering vital community support from its new base at the Reidvale Neighbourhood Centre.

Scottish Housing News readers spent 2025 gripped by a year of seismic policy shifts, mounting pressures on local authorities, and powerful human‑centred stories.

A stalled housing development in Kelso is moving forward again after being derailed by the pandemic. Scottish Borders Council originally granted planning permission in principle in 2019 for the demolition of existing buildings and the construction of 11 homes on the former DM Wallace and Sons Ltd si

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) and its partners have come together once again this year to spread some festive cheer, donating over £8,500 to local children’s charities - Borders Children’s Charity and Cash For Kids: Mission Christmas. This year, the beneficiaries of d

Significant progress is being made on a major improvement programme at Pomarium multi‑storey flats in Perth, with work running slightly ahead of schedule. The essential upgrade project forms part of Perth & Kinross Council’s wider programme of structural maintenance across all council‑

The demolition of a building damaged by fire at 41 Scott Street in Perth city centre has been completed. One person died when the devastating fire took hold in the early hours of Saturday, 14 June.

Bridgewater Housing Association has announced a new partnership with Housing Perks, a cost-of-living support solution for housing association and local authority tenants.

Kingdom Group chief executive Tom Barclay visited Kirkcaldy Foodbank to deliver a £500 grant from the Group’s Community Initiatives Fund, along with a collection of food donated by staff as part of their December Charity Challenge appeal. Foodbank volunteer Graeme Scott led a tour of the

At least one person each day in Scotland is potentially released from hospital into street homelessness, new data obtained by The Salvation Army has revealed. Freedom of Information (FOI) requests returned to the charity by all health boards in Scotland found that patients were discharged from hospi