Supporting someone to move home during lockdown
Ashley Campbell, Policy and practice manager at CIH Scotland, answers a query from a member about whether a victim of domestic abuse can get help to move home without breaking lockdown rules.
Employability in rural areas
Louise Bennett, employment support officer at Victory Housing tells us about the rural nature of the county and the challenges this brings for the team and communities.
Housing is more than just rents and repairs
Housing organisations today need to adopt a more holistic approach to service delivery – gone are the days of simply collecting the rents and carrying out repairs.
A small in-house team with a big heart
Melissa O’Donnell from Golden Lane Housing explains the steps taken to start deliver their own property repairs, earning them a place on the shortlist for direct labour organisation of the year.
My route into housing
Tara Bold CIHCM shared her route to housing
Putting community at the heart of housebuilding
Countryside explain what they’ve been up to to be nominated to win the homebuilder of the year award at this year's UK Housing Awards.
What makes a landlord great?
David Richmond, assistant director of neighbourhoods and housing from Hull City Council talks about what makes a good landlord and what they’re doing in Hull to be the best they can be.
We know how to end homelessness, so why haven't we done so already?
In this opinion piece originally published in The Herald, Jennifer Galbraith, Policy and practice officer at CIH Scotland discusses the challenges of ending homelessness in Scotland.
Time's up for temporary accommodation
Ashley Campbell examines the future of temporary accommodation in Scotland as the latest figures show that the number of households in temporary accommodation is increasing
Queens Cross reassures EU tenants over Brexit
In the lead up to Brexit, Queens Cross Housing Association outlines the steps they are taking to help their EU national tenants prepare.
Four simple ways to improve your tenants' health and wellbeing
A new guest blog for CIH Scotland, Dr Steve Rolfe from the University of Stirling and Dr Lisa Garnham from the Glasgow Centre for Population Health.
Sex for rent: The harsh reality of a broken housing market
As the Housing Woman Cymru campaign to end sex for rent. Katie from Merthyr Valleys Homes tell us the story of the sickening practice of people offering free rent in exchange for sex or sexual acts.
Surviving Economic Abuse
Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) is the only national charity dedicated to raising awareness of economic abuse and transforming responses to it.
Open Doors - Reducing Inequality in the PRS
Open Doors is an innoviate Big Lottery funded project in partnership with Tai Pawb and RLA. This blog is by Nazia Azad-Warren.
Fire safety event summary
Leicester City Council hosted the 2019 East Midlands fire safety event.
