01 Mar 2020 | CIH updates

CIH hosts its eleventh Ireland awards evening

The Chartered Institute of Housing hosted its annual awards ceremony in Titanic Belfast to showcase and celebrate the work of housing professionals across the entirety of the island of Ireland.

27 Feb 2020 | Homelessness

Rough sleeping statistics - CIH response

CIH responds to the latest official statistics on the levels of rough sleeping in England.

25 Feb 2020 | Support and wellbeing

Marmot review into health inequalities 10 years on - CIH reaction

CIH's response on the tenth anniversary of the Marmot review

07 Feb 2020 | Financial wellbeing

CIH responds to announcement of First Homes initiative

CIH's response follows the announcement by housing secretary Robert Jenrick.

05 Feb 2020 | Support and wellbeing

Time to #ShineALight on mental health in housing – CIH president launches new guide

CIH president Aileen Evans launches a new guide as part of her presidential campaign.

04 Feb 2020 | Financial wellbeing

Simply indexing local housing allowance rates isn't good enough

LHA will be uprated by 1.7 per cent in April but this doesn't address losses built up during the benefits freeze.

23 Jan 2020

Make A Stand tops £53,000 as CIH launches new How to... guide

A total of 425 organisations have signed up to the Make A Stand pledge, while the campaign has raised £53,000 for Women's Aid.

21 Jan 2020 | Financial wellbeing

OK for 2020 - but what about four years of freeze?

The government has confirmed it will increase local housing allowance rates, but this does not address the shortfall caused by the 2016 freeze.

08 Jan 2020 | Development and regeneration

What's stopping councils from building more houses?

The government heralded a new generation of council homes when it lifted borrowing caps a year ago. But a new report shows councils still face obstacles to building more homes.

16 Dec 2019 | Climate and sustainability | Development and regeneration

Additional investment must be tempered by reality of decarbonisation cost

CIH Cymru respond to the Welsh Government's draft budget for 2020-2021 welcoming the investment in social and affordable housing but warning on the cost of decarbonisation.

26 Nov 2019 | Development and regeneration

Number of new homes built has slowed as lack of infrastructure investment hits

Growth in the number of new homes in Northern Ireland is stalling, slowed by the underfunding of water infrastructure according to the Chartered Institute of Housing Northern Ireland.

20 Nov 2019 | Homelessness | Regulation and legal

Welsh housing organisations welcome government commitment to partly introduce ‘right to adequate housing’ into Welsh law

Housing organisations join forces to call for a 'right to adequate housing'

05 Nov 2019

New housing and dementia practice framework launched

A new practice framework aimed at improving the way that housing organisations support people who have dementia was launched at an event in Edinburgh on 30 October.

17 Oct 2019 | Support and wellbeing

Sectors failing to work together consistently is costing budgets, staff time and people’s well-being

Here's Tyfu Tai Cymru's latest report focusing on ways to strengthen partnerships between the Health, Housing and Social Care sectors.

17 Sept 2019

Put people before process when allocating social housing

Rules and processes designed to decide who gets access to social housing could be failing people in greatest need, according to new CIH research.