Insight

Alastair Cameron cuts the ribbon on Moray Fresh Start’s new distribution centre, watched by (l-r) Chris Emson, Mary Nelson and Cath Green from the MFS committee Alastair Cameron, chief executive of Scottish Churches Housing Action, comments after opening a new distribution centre for Moray Fresh S

An independent report highlighting Eildon Group’s significant economic impact should give confidence and inspiration to the housing sector to continue to innovate and improve, writes Kirsty Wells, head of HouseMark Scotland. Dear Editor,

Debbie King, campaigns & public affairs officer at Shelter Scotland blogs on the charity’s recent #CoProWhereNow event with The Scottish Co-production Network. At our joint event on 20 April called ‘Housing and Homelessness: Where now for service user involvement?’ we wanted to:

Rosemary Brotchie By Rosemary Brotchie, policy and research manager at Shelter Scotland

Martin Armstrong Real economic and social benefit is the key, writes Martin Armstrong chief executive of Wheatley Group.

Panellists (from left) Jim Eadie, Scottish National Party; Patrick Harvie, Scottish Green Party; Jim Hume, Scottish Liberal Democrats; Alex Johnston, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and Ken Macintosh, Scottish Labour Party By James Battye, policy officer with Shelter Scotland

Annie Mauger In the build up to the 2016 Scottish elections, Annie Mauger, executive director for the devolved nations at CIH, blogs on what we are asking of the election candidates in our Agenda for Change and what housing questions you might want to ask your local candidate too.

Kirsty Wells A new report published in March by Audit Scotland provided encouraging evidence that Scotland’s local authorities have made important progress in the levels of service they provide in housing, even in the face of ongoing cuts to funding.

As the integration of health and social care comes into effect in Scotland, a new blog from Wheatley Group and Stirling University details their project to fund a PhD studentship titled 'Getting housing and health talking'. April 1st marked a significant milestone in the integration of health and so

Jimmy Black Sheltered housing generally involves a warden call system. If tenants press their buttons when the wardens have gone home, the alarm may go through to the council’s community alarm system. Two systems? Why does there need to be two systems which effectively do the same thing?

Lisa Glass By Lisa Glass, partnership officer for health at Shelter Scotland

James Battye Shelter Scotland policy officer, James Battye, reflects on last week’s passing of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill.

Beth Reid Crisis Scotland policy manager, Beth Reid, on the charity’s Manifesto to End Homelessness which it launched yesterday.

Jenny Laing By Aberdeen City Council leader Councillor Jenny Laing

Ellie Hutchinson By Ellie Hutchinson, private renting project manager at Shelter Scotland