Search: Child poverty action plan welcome but more affordable homes required, says CIH Scotland

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has welcomed plans for welfare benefits to keep pace with inflation but expressed concern that other measures announced as part of the UK Government’s Autumn statement don’t go far enough to protect social housing tenants during an u

Following her first three months as Homes for Scotland CEO, Jane Wood is astounded that there is so much that people don’t know or value about home building. Transitioning into a new sector is always challenging, not only in terms of needing to learn at pace to support your leadership thinking

Philip Whyte has been appointed director of Scotland’s progressive think tank IPPR Scotland. Mr Whyte brings to the role significant experience across government and the third sector, with particular expertise in social security, social justice, and education and skills. He joins IPPR Scotland

A new benefit take-up strategy has been unveiled by the Scottish Government that outlines plans to make sure that nobody misses out on financial support due to a lack of awareness or barriers to applying. Actions from the 2021 Benefit Take Up Strategy, which builds on learning from the first in

The UK Parliament’s Scottish Affairs Committee has published its report into welfare policy in Scotland in which MPs have called on the UK Government and Scottish Government to improve information sharing to implement policy and to work together to improve benefit take-up.

Councillors in Aberdeen have agreed to adopt a ‘gold’ standard for new local authority housing as part of an ongoing programme to deliver 2,000 additional homes. 

Almond Housing Association is making sure everyone has what they need for the festive season through its Operation: Happy Christmas campaign. Through this campaign, they are distributing Winter Packs, Festive Food Parcels, pantomime tickets and much more to local families over the Christma

The Scottish Government’s Programme for Government contains a lot for social housing providers to be pleased with but they still need more information to help them plan for the future, according to SFHA chief executive, Sally Thomas. Announcing a Programme for Government which was heavily infl

A new fund to help support children, young people and families has been announced by Deputy First Minister John Swinney. The Family and Communities Third Sector Fund will provide up to £16 million per year to reduce inequalities and provide the best outcomes for children and families through o

Govan Law Centre (GLC) is looking to launch a women’s rights project to provide legal services and support for women who are homeless or in housing need. A crowdfunding bid is under way to allow the charity to challenge gender discrimination in the homelessness system. 

Almond Housing Association has been caring for its more mature tenants by providing them with Winter Wellbeing packs. Bags containing a variety of items to get pensioners through the colder months have been dropped off at almost 300 households in and around Livingston.

(from left with Dolly) Barbara Boertien of Almond HA, Angela Fuggle, head of programme development and training with Beanstalk and Kirsteen Watson, of the Dollywood Foundation Country music legend Dolly Parton has gifted more than a thousand books to the children of West Lothian and is now helping t

Des Murray North Lanarkshire Council has appointed Des Murray as its new chief executive.

Campaigners have urged the UK government to urgently halt Universal Credit as new figures show foodbank use in Scotland has soared to record levels. Figures released by the Trussell Trust show a 17% increase in people relying on foodbanks to subsist - against a UK average rise of 13%.

Derek Mackay The Scottish Government is calling on Chancellor Philip Hammond to abandon their “failed” austerity agenda and stop the rollout of Universal Credit to enable “fundamental flaws” to be fixed.