03 Dec 2020 | Climate and sustainability | Development and regeneration | Income and financial wellbeing | Regulation and legal

Budget 2020 – CIH welcomes help for council house-building

In response to the Chancellor’s decision to cut the cost of borrowing for councils to build more homes, hear what CIH chief executive Gavin Smart has to say.

02 Dec 2020 | Development and regeneration | Homelessness

Tri chwarter yn cefnogi'r hawl gyfreithiol i gartref yng Nghymru

Mae mwy na thri chwarter o bobl yng Nghymru'n cefnogi hawl gyfreithiol i gartref, yn ôl arolwg newydd gan CIH Cymru. Darllenwch ragor am safbwyntiau'r cyhoedd ynglŷn â thai.

02 Dec 2020 | Development and regeneration

Poll highlighting stigma towards social housing reveals deep-seated issues for delivery of future homes

A recent poll of 507 adults commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) in partnership with Professor Roger Awan-Scully of Cardiff University.

02 Dec 2020 | Development and regeneration | Homelessness

Three-quarters support legal right to housing in Wales

Just over three quarters of the Welsh public agree that a right to housing should be a law in Wales - in this snapshot of public opinion, find out what other views on housing the public hold.

26 Nov 2020 | Homelessness

Community-led approaches to tackling empty homes must be used to full potential

Research delivered through Tyfu Tai Cymru calls for more to be done to reduce the barriers to community-led approaches to addressing empty homes becoming more common-place.

25 Nov 2020 | CIH updates | Development and regeneration | Homelessness

CIH responds to UK Spending Review 2020

Our thoughts in response to the UK Spending Review announced on 25 November 2020.

17 Nov 2020 | CIH updates | Income and financial wellbeing | Regulation and legal

CIH responds to social housing white paper

We are pleased that the long-promised white paper has been published.

06 Nov 2020 | Homelessness | Regulation and legal

CIH joins plea to UK Government to reconsider new immigration rules targeting rough sleepers for deportation

Alongside the coalition, we are calling for the government to work with us to deliver more positive and effective alternatives

20 Oct 2020 | CIH updates | Regulation and legal

CIH responds to National Statement of Expectations for Supported Housing

Today, the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has published its National Statement of Expectations for Supported Housing.

08 Oct 2020 | Homelessness | Income and financial wellbeing

Back the Bill to end Wales’s housing and homelessness crisis

All political parties in Wales are being urged to 'Back the Bill' and commit to a legal right to adequate housing in their 2021 Welsh Parliament Election manifestos.

22 Sept 2020 | CIH updates | Climate and sustainability | Income and financial wellbeing

Right to adequate housing needed in next Welsh Parliament term to end housing and homelessness crisis

CIH Cymru launches its Welsh Parliament manifesto ‘Back Housing 2021’.

17 Sept 2020

Leadership in Housing – a looming capability gap?

A new report launching from the Chartered Institute of Housing and The Institute of Leadership and Management.

14 Sept 2020 | Development and regeneration | Income and financial wellbeing

Doubts grow about government emphasis on shared ownership

CIH policy advisor John Perry, unpicks the Government’s announcement for new investment in affordable homes.

11 Sept 2020 | Health and housing

Continuing to #ShineALight on mental health in housing – CIH president launches a further guide to support the housing sector

As part of the #ShineALight campaign, CIH president Aileen Evans has launched a new guide to help housing organisations whose tenants and other customers may have mental health problems.

08 Sept 2020 | Climate and sustainability

Warm homes and a safe environment: how government and the housing sector can work together to tackle climate change

The Chartered Institute of Housing and Orbit Group make the case for change as governments across the UK decide how to boost investment after the COVID-19 crisis.