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

By Tom Youll from Shelter Scotland’s Get advice project So now the dust has settled, the chairs have been stacked, the tables collapsed and the Shelter Scotland Product Forge Hackathon has come to an end. I thought I’d bring you all up to speed with how the weekend went, who the winners were and

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Sean McLaughlin By Sean McLaughlin, managing director of Matilda’s Planet

Antonia Bird This month the Filmhouse in Edinburgh are presenting a season celebrating the work of British director Antonia Bird. The season includes a rare screening of the 1993 film Safe, starring (amongst others) Robert Carlyle as a homeless Scot trying to eke out an existence on the streets of L

Lyn Jardine As CIH Scotland, in association with Arneil Johnston, embarks on the next phase of its dementia programme, project manager Lyn Jardine of Lyn Jardine Consulting shares some of her reflections on dementia care in Scotland and blogs about the value of housing’s role in delivering person-

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

Jimmy Black Former convener of housing at Dundee City Council, Jimmy Black muses about Shelter Scotland’s recent "hackathon".

Graeme Brown A welcome obituary for Right to Buy in Scotland, from Shelter Scotland director Graeme Brown.

Roseanna Cunningham By Roseanna Cunningham, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Land Reform and Climate Change

A DBS affordable housing development in Narol Following a trip to India earlier this year, CIH South East international group's Vipul Thacker guest blogs about what we can learn from the country's efforts to improve its affordable housing offer.

Susanne Webster As the Scottish Government looks to review the Scottish Social Housing Charter, CIH Scotland's policy and practice co-ordinator Susanne Webster blogs about the recent series of consultation events and considers what is likely to be included in the new Charter when it comes into force

Laura Fairlie By Laura Fairlie, private landlord support officer, working within Dundee City Council.

Yvette Burgess Yvette Burgess, unit director at the Housing Support Enabling Unit, blogs on the Better Futures framework, a pioneering initiative with two simple aims: to help improve the quality of life of people using housing support services across Scotland and to enable organisations to plan and

Lesley Palmer, chief architect at Stirling University’s Dementia Services Development Centre, considers the importance of the ‘Older Persons' Walkable Neighbourhood’ when considering Housing Land Audits and the allocation of development sites for older people housing. As an Architect with a Ma