Two elderly women in their 70s are injured in a fire in sheltered housing flats in Edinburgh. Let us know you agree to data collection on AMP. We and our partners use technologies, ...

Of the 17 sheltered housing complexes considered for closure – a third of the total operated by the council – three will continue in their current form. The decision will save the council £15m in ...

Speaking on behalf of her friend, an anonymous resident in the sheltered housing claimed the lift had been out of action for several days in the past year. ... Images shared with Edinburgh Live show a ...

The city of Edinburgh has officially declared a housing emergency as it ramps up efforts to help thousands of people stuck in temporary accommodation while protecting overstretched tenants ...

Protesters marched nearly three miles to Edinburgh City Chambers to illustrate the length of the queue for housing in the Capital. News you can trust since 1873 Sign In ...

Edinburgh council has been left in an “impossible” position over housing, an MSP has claimed as he called on the Scottish Government to drive up the supply of new homes.

Cllr Schrader said that approximately 16 per cent of the council's entire housing stock - equating to roughly 1,700 properties - was designated as sheltered accommodation for the elderly.

The alarm was raised at about 21:20 on Tuesday at Old Farm Court on Colinton Road after the blaze broke out in the living room of one of the sheltered housing flats. Two women in their 70s were ...

It follows a review of the council’s sheltered housing launched in 2023 which warned that without any changes the service would make a loss of £135 million over the next 30 years. The review added ...

A group of Edinburgh pensioners are ‘angered’ after a 90-year-old neighbour was trapped in a lift for the second time in a year. Firefighters had to be called to the lift in order to rescue the ...