Welcome everyone to the 2024 Scotland Housing Award's Good Practice Compendium - recognising the great work that housing professionals are providing across Scotland.
Over the last year our sector has been contending with consequences of the housing emergency; Rising homelessness, falling build rates, arrears and void levels remain at almost record highs, and while inflation is mercifully low, the cost of living crisis is now just everyday life for tenants.
Therefore with this compendium, we take the opportunity to recognise, learn and consider new ways of working with colleagues across the Scottish housing sector. When faced with a problem you're continually challenging yourselves and this compendium is the must have record of the sector's achievement. There is no better demonstration of the industriousness and innovation of Scotland’s housing professionals.
The award categories reflect the breadth of expertise across the housing sector in Scotland and, I hope, a fitting recognition for the impact you are all making in the housing sector in Scotland. Well done to all our winners and thank you to everyone who submitted entries to help us continue to share the good practice in Scotland.
We want to express a big thank you to all our judges for this year's awards who have given their time voluntarily to support the Scotland Housing Awards and choose our winner's for the categories. It's a big task to read all the entries and to decide on a winner with such fantastic entries.
Callum Chomczuk
National director at CIH Scotland
The awards
We are pleased to share the winners of the Scotland Housing Awards 2024. Below is a list of the winners for each award category and a link through to read their entry and other shortlisted applications into the categories.
With hundreds of entries into this year's awards there is lots of fantastic good practice to be explored in this good practice compendium.
- Winning project name: Community Clear Ups
- Winning organisation: Prospect Community Housing
- Winning project name: Bridgehousehill, Shortlees, Kilmarnock
- Winning organisation: Connect Modular
- Partner organisation: Cunninghame Housing Association
- Winning project name: Improving Outcomes for Homeless Households in Inverclyde
- Winning organisation: River Clyde Homes
- Partner organisation: Inverclyde Council Health and Social Care Partnership Homeless Team
Sponsored by Elderpark Housing
- Winning project name: Bridgehousehill, Shortlees, Kilmarnock
- Winning organisation: Connect Modular
- Partner organisation: Cunninghame Housing Association
- Winning project name: Estate Management Inquiry
- Winning organisation: Kingdom Group
Sponsored by Scottish government
- Winning project name: Your Choice Lettings and Property Management
- Winning organisation: Housing Policy and Strategy, South Ayrshire Council
Sponsored by SafeDeposits Scotland
- Winning project name: Dundashill Glasgow
- Winning organisation: West of Scotland Housing Association
Sponsored by Kingdom Group
- Winning project name: Eildon at 50, delivering for customers now and into the future
- Winning organisation: Eildon Housing Association
Sponsored by Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
- Winning project name: Link’s Leadership Development Program
- Winning organisation: Link Group
- Partner organisation: Link Housing
Sponsored by University of Stirling
- Project name: Tenants Wellbeing Services
- Lead organisation: Link Housing Association Ltd
- Partner organisation: LinkLiving
- Winning project name: Innovative Homelessness Prevention Services
- Winning organisation: City of Edinburgh Council
- Winning project name: Fife Council Short-term Let Licensing - A Partnership Approach
- Winning organisation: Fife Council
- Winning project name: The Prospecthill Court Retrofit Project
- Winning organisation: River Clyde Homes
Sponsored by C~urb
- Winning project name: Bield Equality Network
- Winning organisation: Bield Housing and Care
This year, due to the high quality of entries, two winners were chosen for this award:
- Winner: Conall Smith
- Organisation: North Lanarkshire Council
- Winner: Lara Turner
- Organisation: C~urb (subsidiary of Link Group)
Sponsored by Routes to Housing project lead by SFHA
- Winner: Lorna Dunsmore
- Organisation: C~urb (subsidiary of Link Group)
Sponsored by ALACHO
- Winner: Ukraine resettlement team
- Organisation: North Lanarkshire Council
- Winner: Natalie Riding
- Organisation: Homes for Good
