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01 May 2003
HTIF Briefing on Operation of the Housing Market
This briefing outlines some of the proposals in the Housing Improvement Task Force (HITF) final report ‘Stewardship and Responsibility: A Policy Framework for Private Housing in Scotland’.
It focuses on the parts of the report that relate to improving the operation of the housing market.
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002: A Guide
The purpose of this report is to give a very brief summary of the Act and to alert housing providers to developments concerning the implementation of the Act.
This briefing for housing professionals on the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 is written by Derek O’Carroll, Advocate, and is published by the Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland, funded by the Scottish Executive.
During the last couple of years, the CIH in Scotland has prioritised policy work around the private sector... Common Property, Common Poverty is the latest outcome.
Many of the issues set out in the report will be familiar to people who work in housing. However, they are collected together here to encourage those of us with a responsibility for leading a process of improvement to tackle them with leadership, commitment and resources. We need a comprehensive system of property management and maintenance in Scotland.
The experience of Black and Minority Ethnic housing staff
CIH has recently adopted a BME strategy which is aimed at encouraging more BME people into housing and into CIH membership and it is partly against this background that this study has been conducted.
Also of importance are recent legislative changes, such as the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, which now places a duty on bodies positively to promote equality of opportunity.
People’s homes and their environment are critical to the quality of their lives. For most people, they are the foundation upon which their everyday life is based.
They should be somewhere where people feel safe and comfortable. This means wind and weather-tight, well insulated and energy efficient, and with good amenities in a safe and congenial neighbourhood.
Securing more investment for Council Housing in Scotland
This will assist policy makers to develop options for investing in council housing and will influence the policy agendas of political parties in the Scottish Parliament elections in May 2003.
This report looks at the wider benefits of the involvement of owners in community regeneration, community capacitybuilding and social inclusion
This report, informs the debate about the barriers to facilitating the participation of owners in housing-led regeneration and contributes to the argument forincreased resources in creating and maintaining sustainable mixed tenure neighbourhoods
