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Supported housing
Learn more about how supported and specialist housing can help tenants sustain tenancies.
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Mental health support
As landlords are becoming a fourth emergency service, mental health support is becoming more of a need in the housing sector.
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Hoarding
Both fire safety, wellbeing and mental health support can be required to tackle the issues associated with hoarding disorder.
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Scottish housing dementia framework
A framework to support the housing sector and organisations to improve the lives of people living with dementia.
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Shine a light campaign
See what past CIH presidents did for the Shine a light mental health campaign in the housing sector.
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Good practice
Read how organisations are doing when it comes to support and wellbeing in the sector.

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The supported housing hole in the Spending Review 

Last week’s Spending Review showed the government’s commitment to boosting the supply of affordable homes and delivering much-needed certainty for the sector. While we welcomed what turned out to be a significant package, supported housing was conspicuously absent, write CIH’s Sarah Davis and Stephanie Morphew. 
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Scottish Housing Day celebrates 10 years with a focus on neighbours and community

The importance of good neighbours and communities is the focus for this year’s Scottish Housing Day, which takes place on Wednesday 17 September.
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Emergency repairs under scrutiny: What social landlords need to get right ahead of Awaab’s Law

With Awaab’s Law approaching, the Housing Ombudsman latest ‘learning from severe maladministration’ report highlights some of the ways in which social landlords can avoid falling short of its emergency repairs requirements. 
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Investing in warmer social homes could save NHS £85 million a year, says CIH

New analysis from CIH shows that reaching EPC Band C in social housing would save the NHS over £85 million per year from 2030. CIH is calling on the government to invest a minimum of £5 billion in retrofitting social housing at the forthcoming Spending Review to help realise these savings.

CIH welcomes additional investment in armed forces housing

Find out more about the additional £1.5 billion investment in armed forces housing as part of the Strategic Defence Review.

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Housing Brighton: Seven learnings from the Awaab’s Law session 

Housing ombudsman Richard Blakeway and Rochdale Boroughwide Housing CEO Amanda Newton delved into the detail of Awaab’s Law at what was one of Housing Brighton’s stand-out sessions. 

CIH's response to the consultation on supported housing regulation

CIH Cymru welcomes publication of affordable housing taskforce report

CIH Cymru welcomes recommendations in the taskforce's report but continues to press for a national housing strategy for Wales and the right to adequate housing to be enshrined in law.

Focus on influencing Scotland - May 2025

Read our latest updates from our policy work in Scotland in our focus on influencing Scotland blog.
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Managing vicarious trauma: Practical strategies for social housing professionals 

Bloom HR's Natalie Carrington sheds light on an issue that affects everyone in social and community housing, particularly those on the frontline.
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Shining a light on hoarding

In Hoarding Awareness Week, CIH Scotland's policy and practice manager, Ashley Campbell, explores the impact of chronic disorganisation and hoarding, and the need for greater awareness of the condition amongst housing professionals.

Damp and mould guidance launched at parliament buildings to drive up housing sector standards

CIH Northern Ireland and NIFHA have today launched new damp and mould guidance at an event in parliament buildings, Stormont.
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Maintaining healthy homes: A guide to preventing and resolving damp and mould

In partnership with NIFHA, CIH Northern Ireland have created this guide to damp and mould in tenant homes.
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Research commissioned to improve the provision of aids and adaptations to older and disabled people

Housing bodies in Scotland have come together to commission research to identify what is needed in terms of funding, systems and support to provide aids and adaptations to older and disabled people.

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Leading with purpose: My 25-year journey at Advance

Twenty-five years after joining Advance Housing and Support as director of finance and IT, Julie Layton — now CEO — reflects on her career, the changes she’s seen in the social care sector and the future of supported living. 
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The 2025 UK Housing Review: Chapter insights

The 2025 UK Housing Review was published last month, delivering another perspicacious update on the vast complexities of housing in the home nations. If you’ve yet to find the time to digest the full review, we’ve broken each chapter down into its most significant and striking points. 
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The Social Housing (Regulation) Act: The end of supported accommodation without investment

Although widely welcomed, recent legislative reforms threaten to make supported accommodation increasingly unviable without adequate investment from central government, writes Daniel Revell-Wiseman FCIH. 

Housing and healthcare: Building partnerships to bridge health and housing for thriving communities

On 12 March 2025, along with over 30 CIH members I attended the ‘Bridging Health and Homes for Stronger Communities’ webinar organised by our CIH East Region Group.

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