Blogs
Blog: My housing story - Ashley Campbell, CIH Scotland
Ashley Campbell, policy and practice manager at CIH Scotland, shares her housing story for Scottish Housing Day.
Published 7 September 2016
Blog: Making time to manage risk and rent arrears
By Bryan Powell, private landlord support officer at Shelter Scotland
Published 2 September 2016
Blog: Looking at the big policy picture
CIH is in a unique position to look at how housing policy is changing across the UK. With a policy presence in each nation it can take a look at the big picture. So what’s happening, what’s different, and what’s the same? Jon Barnes takes a look at the findings of CIH’s recent briefing for members.
Published 1 September 2016
Blog: My vision for Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme
To coincide with the announcement of Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme pilots, which is expected any day now, Changeworks is developing a series of insight papers to inform the debate on how to best deliver the programme.
Published 30 August 2016
Blog: Assessing the impact of the Scottish Social Housing Charter
By Kirsty Wells, head of HouseMark Scotland
Published 26 August 2016
Blog: Investors in People Gold is not just for Christmas
ARK Housing Association CEO Jane Gray celebrates ARK's Investors in People Gold status and reflects on the collaboration and learning that came along with all the hard work.
Published 23 August 2016
Blog: What makes a house a home?
By Ellie Hutchinson, private renting project manager at Shelter Scotland
Published 17 August 2016
Blog: Housing and Homeless Hackathon update
By Tom Youll from Shelter Scotland’s Get advice project
Published 12 August 2016
Letter to the Editor: Tackling housing crisis should be paramount to child poverty plan
Dear Editor
Published 10 August 2016
Blog: We need a new vehicle for ECO to ensure more money is spent on alleviating fuel poverty
By Sean McLaughlin, managing director of Matilda’s Planet
Published 10 August 2016
Blog: Antonia Bird: Giving a Voice to the Voiceless
This month the Filmhouse in Edinburgh are presenting a season celebrating the work of British director Antonia Bird. The season includes a rare screening of the 1993 film Safe, starring (amongst others) Robert Carlyle as a homeless Scot trying to eke out an existence on the streets of London.
Published 10 August 2016
Blog: Dementia … everyone can make a difference!
As CIH Scotland, in association with Arneil Johnston, embarks on the next phase of its dementia programme, project manager Lyn Jardine of Lyn Jardine Consulting shares some of her reflections on dementia care in Scotland and blogs about the value of housing’s role in delivering person-centred approaches for our ageing population.
Published 9 August 2016
Blog: Homelessness services – accept the cuts or find new ways of funding them?
By Rosemary Brotchie, policy and research manager for Shelter Scotland
Published 3 August 2016
Black's Blog: Homeless not phoneless?
Former convener of housing at Dundee City Council, Jimmy Black muses about Shelter Scotland’s recent "hackathon".
Published 3 August 2016
Blog: Right-to-Buy – a welcome obituary
A welcome obituary for Right to Buy in Scotland, from Shelter Scotland director Graeme Brown.
Published 2 August 2016