Opinion

Shawfair LLP director Nick Waugh on the importance of community engagement when building a new town. This year has taught us many things – most of them character-forming as my mother was fond of saying - but one genuinely good thing to have emerged from this pandemic is the curative power

In a guest blog for the Edinburgh Poverty Commission, Professor Glen Bramley from the Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Equalities Research at Heriot-Watt University, writes that there is no pathway to ending poverty in Edinburgh without resolving the city’s housing and homelessness c

hub West Scotland's chief executive Iain Marley discusses the launch of this year's Winter Warmer appeal. Last week hub West Scotland launched its annual Winter Warmer Appeal for new warm clothing for children living in poverty. As Christmas approaches, and particularly on the first day of

Minister for local government, housing & planning Kevin Stewart reflects on a big week in the world of planning in Scotland. There is an especially busy and exciting period ahead for Scotland’s planning system.

Michael Martin, chair at Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association Ltd, and Iain Wallace, former chair of Arklet Housing Association, discuss the recent merger between the two organisations. There’s a widely held view that Scotland has too many Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) - and as a conseq

We often think of flight to the suburbs as a modern phenomenon, but a conflict has raged for centuries between urban and suburban living. Cruden Homes’ sales and marketing director, Hazel Davies, explores this eternal dilemma. Travel out of any British city and you’re likely to find new

The Scottish Land Commission has today published its report Housing Land Allocation, Assembly and Delivery: Lessons from Europe – the sixth and final report in the series leading up to the Review of Housing for Land and Development, planned for early 2021. Senior policy officer David Stew

Ashleigh Simpson outlines the key findings from Scotland contained in a new report from Crisis looking at the impact of COVID-19 on people facing homelessness and service provision. Today Crisis publishes research that sheds light on the frontline response to the pandemic. Extraordinary action was t

Kingdom Housing Association graduate trainee Grant McManus writes a guest blog for CIH Scotland where he is currently undertaking work experience. As Scotland’s population continues to age, the number of those living with or directly affected by dementia is expected to rise considerably. With

“I’m thinking about her and about the generations of women – Black women, Asian, white, Latina, and Native American women throughout our nation’s history who have paved the way for this moment tonight.” Kamala Harris, 7 November 2020 The theme of diversity featured thro

The data protection landscape for businesses and public authorities changed beyond recognition on 25 May 2018 when the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 came into force. It seems remarkable that nearly two and a half years has passed. At the time, no-one could have predicted that for the majority of

All In For Change brings together frontline workers and people with their own, personal experience of homelessness either currently or in the past putting lived experience at the heart of system change. For Co-Production Week 2020, Viki Fox, change lead with All In for Change, talks about co-product

Professor Douglas Robertson presents RentBetter's Baseline Findings on its three-year research programme on the impact of private rented sector tenancy reform in Scotland.

Shelter Scotland’s lead solicitor Fiona McPhail gives her reaction to the outcome of the Scottish Housing Regulator’s inquiry into Glasgow City Council’s homelessness services. This week, the Scottish Housing Regulator published the report of its inquiry into Glasgow City Coun

Neil McKay highlights the importance of social housing and building communities as a key factor in helping Scotland recover from the COVID recession. A new report released by housing and social research charities demonstrates that not only could the construction of affordable and social housing help