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John Perry Up to 20,000 refugees will be resettled in Britain from Syria. How can social landlords engage with this and other schemes to help people who are on their way or already here? CIH policy adviser John Perry shares his assessment.

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) is to carry out a short customer satisfaction survey during September and October. A sample of tenants from across Argyll and Bute will be telephoned by ACHA staff and asked to contribute to the satisfaction survey. The results of the satisfaction survey w

East Renfrewshire Council is to hold an exhibition which details 100 years of housing in the area. Developed in collaboration with Williamwood High School, museums, libraries and local voluntary groups, ‘About the Houses’ depicts life and how it has changed over the past century and looks ahead

Alex Neil Vacant land and buildings which were previously in public sector ownership are being redeveloped to allow the construction of hundreds of affordable homes, the Scottish Government has announced.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called on the Scottish Government to switch its housing policy from assisting demand to assisting supply if it is to effectively tackle the housing crisis. In its annual Residential Policy Paper, the RICS highlighted the success of Help to Buy

Gavin Smart The number of households accepted as homeless across England has increased by five per cent, according to official figures.

(from left) Frank Sweeney, chief executive, Cunninghame Housing Association; Cllr. Willie Gibson, leader, North Ayrshire Council; Alex Neil MSP, cabinet secretary social justice, communities & pensioners’ rights and Janet Strang, chair, Cunninghame Housing Association Cunninghame Housing Assoc

(from left) Foodbank volunteers Ellen Kilpatrick and Kirsty Murrin, Foodbank manager Janice Burns and Melville’s Caroline Langton Staff of Melville Housing Association have raised £800 for a local charity that provides food and support for people in crisis.

Mr McDougall with his trophy Cunninghame Housing Association’s annual garden competition proves as popular as ever with the tenants.

Jenna McKinnon (centre) with Albert Henderson and Fiona MacLeod A young accounts graduate from Greenock has secured part-time employment with River Clyde Homes through a partnership with the Inverclyde Trust.

Glasgow City Council has given its approval to a £72.84 million investment that will bring hundreds of new affordable homes to the city. The Glasgow Affordable Housing Supply Programme will help to deliver 743 homes towards the council's commitment to build 3,500 affordable homes by May 2017, and c

Teresa Bray, chief executive, Changeworks Practitioners involved in tackling fuel poverty must act now to influence future delivery, a fuel poverty conference was told.

Scottish Government ministers have provisionally upheld plans to develop a former psychiatric hospital in Dundee into hundreds of new homes. Plans for Strathmartine Hospital in Baldovan, to the north of Dundee, had originally been approved by Angus Council despite strong opposition from neighbouring

Edinburgh’s Lord and Lady Provost were joined by 126 local fundraisers last week as they braved a cold night at the Zoo.

Cordale Housing Association has held its first Annual General Meeting after having joined the Caledonia Housing Association Group in April of last year. The meeting was very well attended with a great deal of interest shown in and lively debate on the work and progress of the Association over past y