Media Release: New poll shows referendum disconnect
January 8, 2014

CAMPAIGNERS on both sides of the independence debate need to do more in 2014 to...

Media Release: University of the Highlands and Islands chair appointed to European role | Cathraiche Oilthigh na Gàidhealtachd agus nan Eilean air a chur ann an dreuchd Eòrpach
November 4, 2013

THE outgoing chair of the Court of the University of the Highlands and Islands, Professor...

Media Release: Charities raise concerns over ‘discriminatory’ probation for all new social tenants
April 23, 2013

PROPOSALS by the Scottish Government to put all new social housing tenants on ‘probation’ have...

Media Release: Stirling professor to investigate the economics of Scottish independence
December 4, 2012

PROFESSOR David Bell has been awarded one of seven new senior fellowships by the Economic...

Media Release: ‘Scottish Six’ challenges the national outlook
August 14, 2012

OVER nine days in August, well-known broadcaster, Lesley Riddoch, and land rights activist and author,...

Media Release: Charity calls for Scottish Government to be ambitious and bold and rebuild private rented sector fit for families
July 25, 2012

FOLLOWING the release of new research (1) which suggests the private rented sector has almost...

Media Release: SFHA welcomes Welfare Reform Committee’s first report
May 16, 2012

THE Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has welcomed the first report of the Scottish...

Media Release: Housing shortage – seven years to clear waiting lists, says charity
April 30, 2012

THE severe shortage of social homes across Scotland is once more in the spotlight ahead...

Media Release: Clarity required on funding for housing support services
April 11, 2012

HOUSING associations and co-operatives need clarity about where funding will come from to meet the...

Media Release: Home insulation agenda warms up
April 3, 2012

RESPONDING to the announcement today (Tuesday 3rd April) from the Scottish Government that the Universal...

Media Release: International Women’s Day 2012; new figures show women hardest-hit by job losses and spending cuts
March 8, 2012

A SPECIALLY-convened International Women’s Day Conference will highlight the latest figures showing that, in the...

Media Release: Former First Minister, Henry McLeish, becomes patron of award-winning charity
February 24, 2012

News release from Planning Aid for Scotland (PAS) Date: 24 February 2012 FAO: All news...

Media Release: ‘Bedroom Tax’ decision ‘grossly unfair’, says charity
February 2, 2012

SHELTER Scotland has criticised the UK Government for deciding to press ahead with penalties for social housing...

Media Release: Scottish health care could boom in an independent Scotland, says clinic chair
February 2, 2012

HEALTH care practices across Scotland could receive a boost following Scottish independence, according to the chair...

Media Release: White House advisor to address Scotland homelessness summit
January 16, 2012

A WHITE House advisor and top expert on homelessness will address Scotland’s leading housing and...

Media Release: Step closer to 2012 homelessness reform, reflects charity
December 28, 2011

WITH one year to go until Scotland’s historic homelessness legislation comes into force, the country’s...

Media Release: Housing charity urges Scottish Government to secure empty homes dividend
December 9, 2011

THE Scottish Government should use funds raised from a new tax on empty homes to fund...

Media Release: ‘Devastating slump’ in new-start, socially-rented Homes – Shelter Scotland comment
November 29, 2011

COMMENTING on today’s Scottish Government housing statistics, Graeme Brown, director of Shelter Scotland, said: “Today’s news that...

Media Release: Scotland’s private tenants being ‘ripped off’ by letting agents – Shelter Scotland investiigation
November 22, 2011

AN undercover investigation has revealed the practice of some letting agents in Scotland charging private...