CIH Scotland
Digital Innovation for Social Housing
Digital Innovation will feature at the upcoming CIH Scotland Housing Innovation & Technology Showcase, 27 October, Glasgow
Published 18 October 2016
Linstone achieves nomination hat-trick for CIH Scotland Excellence Awards
Linstone Housing Association has been shortlisted for the third year in a row for three awards at this year’s Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland Excellence Awards.
Published 10 October 2016
Date set for ONS housing association classification decision
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is to announce its decision on the classification of housing associations in Scotland on September 29.
Published 21 September 2016
New poll shows big variations in housing preferences and awareness across Scotland
An opinion poll commissioned to coincide with the first official Scottish Housing Day has found the Scottish public knows very little about their housing options beyond the options of buying with a mortgage and private and social renting.
Published 19 September 2016
Blog: My housing story - Ashley Campbell, CIH Scotland
Ashley Campbell, policy and practice manager at CIH Scotland, shares her housing story for Scottish Housing Day.
Published 7 September 2016
Inaugural Scottish Housing Day announced at CIH Scotland new office opening
Housing bodies the Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland and HouseMark Scotland have formally relocated from central Edinburgh premises on Princes Street to newly refurbished offices at 160 Dundee Street in the Fountainbridge area of the west end of the city.
Published 29 August 2016
New guidance issued to housing staff working with refugees
A new guide to ensure refugees’ right to quality accommodation is upheld has been issued to housing professionals.
Published 26 August 2016
Bob Allan Young Achiever award opens for entries
CIH Scotland has opened submissions to the Bob Allan Young Achiever in Housing Excellence Award.
Published 10 August 2016
Blog: Dementia … everyone can make a difference!
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-centred approaches for our ageing population.
Published 9 August 2016
CIH Scotland’s Excellence Awards are back
It’s that time of year again for the housing sector to dust off its very best ideas and projects and get applying for CIH Scotland's annual hunt for the best of Scottish housing.
Published 29 July 2016
Blog: Reviewing the Scottish Social Housing Charter
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 in April 2017.
Published 28 July 2016
Brexit vote ‘puts new housing targets at risk’, finds CIH Scotland survey
Housing professionals in Scotland fear the UK’s recent Brexit vote could put the Scottish Government’s affordable housing targets out of reach, a new survey by CIH Scotland has revealed.
Published 26 July 2016
A new home for CIH Scotland and a visit from the housing minister
CIH Scotland has moved office and can now be found at Suite L2B, 160 Dundee Street Edinburgh EH11 1DQ.
Published 19 July 2016
Letting agents take action to drive rogues out of business
Letting agents from across Scotland will today start signing up to a new programme of compliance with government regulations with the aim of raising standards and driving rogue operators out of the market.
Published 19 May 2016
Blog: What is mid market rent anyway?
Ashley Campbell, policy and practice manager at CIH Scotland, blogs about newly commissioned research on mid-market rent, in partnership with Wheatley Group.
Published 19 May 2016
