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Link Group has become the first Scottish investor in HACT’s social value roadmap. Launched in September 2020, the social value roadmap was developed by the UK Social Value in Housing Taskforce, which was composed of 17 organisations including leading social housing organisations, the Regulator

Between March and October 2020, UK social housing organisations representing 42% of the sector provided almost £1,900,000 in financial assistance, provided over 215,000 residents with advice and guidance, and made just under one million welfare calls between March and October 2020, new figures

A new report released by HACT has revealed how social housing organisations responded to the COVID-19 pandemic across the UK. A Sector Together is an anthology of stories, statistics and viewpoints highlighting the action taken by housing organisations to address the plethora of problems brought by

In collaboration with Network Homes, HACT has developed a framework that will enable social housing organisations to optimise resident feedback.  

UK social housing organisations representing 42% of the sector provided over £1,650,000 in financial assistance, provided almost 190,000 residents with advice and guidance, and made over 890,000 welfare calls between March and September 2020, a new report has shown. 

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and HACT have created a social value toolkit that gives  housing associations and co-operatives the practical resources they need to measure, demonstrate and increase the social value impact of their work in communities. Andrew van Doorn, H

HACT launched its roadmap for the future of social value in social housing.

Investment in the social housing sector generates economic and social benefits for Scotland and its people, including reducing poverty and homelessness, improving health, and creating jobs, a new report has found.

Between March and June 2020, UK social housing organisations representing 40% of the sector provided almost £1 million in financial assistance, provided over 110,000 residents with advice and guidance, and made over 600,000 welfare calls. The impact measures were developed by HACT an

Social housing organisations representing over a third of the UK sector provided almost £500,000 in financial assistance, made almost half a million welfare calls and identified just over 175,000 vulnerable residents between March and May 2020, a new report has found.

Lorna Wilson shares initial findings into research from SFHA, JRF, Public Health Scotland, and RIHAF into the social, economic, health, and wellbeing impact of social housing. No one can dispute the importance of good quality affordable housing – but many people may not be aware of the wider i

The Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) has collated data on people at-risk in Scotland in response to the COVID-19 crisis and the information has been made available via housing sectors ideas and innovation agency HACT. An Excel spreadsheet, containing data about at-risk and vulnerable p

The Housing Associations' Charitable Trust (HACT) has congratulated Barrhead Housing Association for being the first social housing organisation in Scotland to sign up to the Board Charter for Community Investment.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has teamed up with HACT and the Lintel Trust to launch a new project to measure the impact of housing organisations as social businesses and as a sector. The three organisations have worked together for 40 years to provide funding and support fo