Gypsy/Travellers

Local authorities can now apply to a new £20 million fund launched by the Scottish Government which will help to provide more and better accommodation for Gypsy/Traveller communities. This funding will help to build experience and skills in Gypsy/Traveller site development by focusing on demon

Travellers have won their fight to stay on a site built without permission beside the internationally-renowned North Esk Park nature reserve in Aberdeenshire. North Esk Park at St Cyrus has been at the centre of a planning battle since emerging virtually overnight without approval in September 2013.

Up to £20 million will be invested by the Scottish Government to provide more and better accommodation for Gypsy/Traveller communities. This funding, part of Scotland’s first long-term national housing strategy, will enable local authorities to improve existing sites and expand provision

A new policy which would allow Moray Council staff to access council tenants’ homes to make sure they meet minimum safety requirements has been released for public consultation. In response to the Grenfell Tower disaster, the Scottish Government has amended the minimum legal standard for smoke

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a summary of the risks it will focus on in its annual risk assessment. 

Aberdeenshire Council has missed another deadline for meeting the Scottish Government’s minimum standards at one of its sites for Gypsy/Travellers but has delivered service improvements for people who are homeless.

The Scottish Government has launched a £3 million action plan to tackle the discrimination and challenges faced by the Gypsy/Traveller community.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has announced that this year, it will focus on Gypsy/Traveller site standards as part of its strategic scrutiny activity. Earlier this week, Audit Scotland published its National Scrutiny Plan.

West Dunbartonshire Council is preparing to launch a public consultation to gauge public opinion on best ways to manage relationships with the Traveller community.

West Dunbartonshire Council will today consider the development of a short-stay site to accommodate additional members of the Gypsy/Traveller community during the summer months.

Fife Council has committed to significant investment in gypsy traveller sites across the Kingdom over the next year. Convenor of the community and housing services committee, Cllr Judy Hamilton, visited the site at Heatherywood, Kirkcaldy to see first-hand the results of the £840,000 improveme

Plans to create modern homes in Girvan for the local travelling community are now under way. Seven chalet style bungalows are being built, with the project due to be completed later this year.

Social landlords must take immediate action to ensure their sites and pitches meet the minimum site standards set by the Scottish Government, a new Scottish Housing Regulator report has found. The report on social landlords’ progress towards the Scottish Government’s minimum site standards shows

Christine Macleod A Scottish Government report that shows landlords still have work to do to improve Gypsy/Traveller sites has been welcomed by the Scottish Housing Regulator.

Angela Constance The Scottish Government has urged Gypsy/Traveller site providers to quickly improve the maintenance of sites after a report revealed that many will not meet minimum standard requirements by next month’s deadline.