23 May 2022 | CIH updates | Climate and sustainability | Development and regeneration | Homelessness | Professionalism and training

Reflections from the CIH Scotland Housing Festival 2022

In this new blog, Callum Chomczuk, national firector of CIH Scotland considers some of the highlights of the CIH Scotland Housing Festival 2022.

16 May 2022 | Regulation and legal

Enforcement is the key to success for the private rented sector (PRS)

This new blog considers how standards in the private rented sector may be improved.

16 May 2022 | EDI, data and digital accessibility | Professionalism and training | Tenants and residents

Creating better homes and lives - Wheatley Homes

Jehan Weerasinghe, managing director of Wheatley Homes Glasgow shares more about making a big difference through their further education bursary programme.

16 May 2022 | CIH updates | Homelessness | Professionalism and training

A partnership to promote the Housing Profession in Fife

A new partnership has been launched by CIH Scotland and Fife Council.

09 May 2022 | Income and financial wellbeing

Managed migration needs safeguards for vulnerable claimants

Plans to move millions of people off legacy benefits and onto universal credit (UC) begin today.

05 May 2022 | Homelessness

How could we define success for the Scottish Government’s strategy to end homelessness?

Dr Lígia Teixeira, CEO of the Centre for Homelessness Impact explores if the vision to end to homelessness could benefit from a more simple/memorable framework that fits a Scottish context.

02 May 2022 | Regulation and legal

Homes for Ukraine – two views from Scotland

The Scottish Refugee Council and Positive Action in Housing give their views on Scotland's Homes for Ukraine scheme.

29 Apr 2022 | Building and fire safety | Tenants and residents

Using customer insight intelligently can help us harness technology to improve our services

Rachel Crownshaw, executive director of operations at GreenSquareAccord, shares more about the insight they receive from customers tells and how this helped pinpoint where to focus improvements.

29 Apr 2022 | Development and regeneration | Tenants and residents

The Bugler Group celebrates 40th anniversary

Ahead of Housing Brighton, Bugler Group CEO, Andy Bugler, provides a summary of the approach and values that have underpinned our success over the past four decades.

29 Apr 2022 | Building and fire safety | Regulation and legal | Tenants and residents

London leading the way with service charges best-practice

Mariana Schiller, senior policy officer at the GLA discusses the new Service Charges Charter which aims to improve leaseholder satisfaction by giving providers best-practice principles to follow.

28 Apr 2022 | Tenants and residents

By giving our tenants a voice, we bring a new meaning to the term ‘tenant engagement’

Claire McDonnell, tenant engagement officer at Circle VHA shares more about the organisation's tenant first approach and strategy,

28 Apr 2022 | CIH updates | EDI, data and digital accessibility | Health and housing | Tenants and residents

Helping to tackle health inequalities

CIH's Sarah Davis shares further thinking from a recent roundtable with Grand Union Housing Group.

14 Apr 2022 | EDI, data and digital accessibility | Professionalism and training

The housing sector is failing to attract a diverse workforce

Rohini Sharma Joshi FCIH OBE shares why the housing sector must do better to attract, recruit and retain a much wider diversity and develop employment approaches to achieve this.

14 Apr 2022 | Development and regeneration | Regulation and legal | Tenants and residents

Our housing system - how did we get into this mess?

UK Housing Review author, Mark Stephens the necessity to open the door to a more strategic view of the state and the market.

12 Apr 2022 | CIH updates

Celebrating the life of Neville Arthur Kirby FCIH

David Pell, honorary associate and associate lecturer at The Open University remembers Neville's incredible housing life,