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MSPs have backed calls from student groups for a rent refund from private student accommodation providers and universities for the month of January in light of the end to face-to-face teaching and the public health crisis.

An apprentice has benefited from a new contractual clause between a maintenance company and Bield Housing and Care to create apprenticeship opportunities. 17-year-old Marcus Mackenzie secured an apprenticeship at Rodgers & Johnston Ltd (R&J Ltd) after the firm agreed a new Community Ben

North-East charity Aberdeen Cyrenians is urging anyone facing crisis to get in touch as the latest lockdown begins in Scotland. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK back in March 2020, Aberdeen Cyrenians experienced a 600% increase in demand for their services in the months that followed.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is encouraging people to ‘save your energy’ as the charity launches its Big Energy Saving Month 2021 campaign. The campaign encourages people to get energy advice, and focuses on five key consumer groups:

Residents of South Queensferry have launched a crowdfunder to block Ambassador Living's plans to new roads over their land for access to a new housing estate beside the Forth Road Bridge.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland, along with its development partner BL Chesser Ltd, plans to make a Planning Permission in Principle application to the City of Edinburgh Council later this year for the provision of around 150 new homes through the development of further land at Highfield, Gilmerton

Highlands housebuilder Tulloch Homes said it enters 2021 with a full forward workload for the next nine months and the Inverness-based firm’s strongest array of planning consented developments in 20 years.

Hillfoot Homes has submitted plans to build courtyard-style housing at the site of a former farm in Kippen. The proposal comprises of six homes on brownfield land at Fairfield Farm, north of the A811.

The Scottish Government has announced that its temporary ban on eviction orders will be extended until the end of March. 

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has revealed that she is considering whether additional lockdown restrictions are needed for non-essential work in Scotland to help bring the number of coronavirus cases down.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has updated its guidance for social landlords amid new Covid-19 restrictions and the 'stay at home' message issued by the Scottish Government on Monday. Following the announcement of new restrictions and the temporary lockdown now in p

CIH president Aileen Evans has launched a new report based on research carried out by De Montfort University which highlighted a disconnect between housing frontline workers and CEOs. Carried out by Jo Richardson and Andrew Mitchell, the research tells the story of working in social housin

Atrium Homes has accepted the keys to 27 new homes in Shortlees, Kilmarnock.

Highland councillors have agreed to raise a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) to acquire the Struan House Hotel in Carrbridge to develop the land into much needed affordable housing. The Order, which is to be applied for under Sections 9 and 10 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, will see the council

Social enterprise The Wise Group has been chosen by Inverclyde Council to help lower home energy bills for 1,000 elderly residents in the area. Funding of £100,000 has been awarded to the Wise Group's Home Energy Advice Team (HEAT) to help keep Inverclyde's elderly residents warm and well