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 ...

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 ...

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. Between ...

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 ...

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 ...

A former sheltered housing site that people had to leave due to fire safety concerns, is set to be knocked down. Cambridge City Council has said it wants to redevelop Stanton House, in ...

Work has started on a new sheltered housing scheme for residents in Driffield. East Riding of Yorkshire Council said Deira Court, a three-storey building, would replace the old accommodation on ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...