Cih Scotland

Legislation has been passed giving more powers to police and courts and social landlords to protect people at risk of domestic abuse.

CIH Scotland national director Callum Chomczuk has sent his best wishes to Scottish Housing News on its 20th anniversary this month.

The efforts of frontline staff at Wheatley Group during the pandemic have been recognised with three honours at the prestigious Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland Excellence Awards. Wheatley picked up awards for:

Craigdale Housing Association was thrilled to win an award for Best Frontline Story at the CIH Scotland awards, the country’s annual awards for excellence in housing.

The Scottish Government’s £3.3 billion funding proposal for the next Affordable Housing Supply Programme will help to “make a real difference” to tackling housing need in Scotland, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has said.

Kingdom Housing Association (KHA) is celebrating a double win at the CIH Scotland awards, the country’s annual awards for excellence in housing, lifting the awards for Excellence in Professionalism and Excellence in Leadership.

Fife Council’s Housing Services, Building Services and Business Support teams were celebrating last week after being crowned ‘Housing Team of the Year’ at a special ‘virtual’ awards ceremony at this year's CIH Scotland Housing Awards.

The winners of Scotland’s annual awards for excellence in housing were announced at a special ‘virtual’ awards ceremony yesterday.

Funding announced by the Scottish Government falls short of delivering the required number of affordable homes needed in Scotland and won't effectively tackle fuel poverty, housing charities have warned following yesterday's Scottish Budget.

CIH Scotland's Housing and Dementia Framework has gained Midlothian Council as a new signatory. The framework was developed with support from Alzheimer Scotland and the Place Home and Healthcare Improvement Scotland.

In this guest blog for CIH Scotland, Katy Syme talks about how Changeworks is supporting the housing sector to deliver on challenging targets and juggle competing priorities. Changeworks is Scotland’s leading environmental charity delivering solutions for low carbon living – a trusted ex

CIH Scotland has announced the shortlisted nominees for the 2021 Scotland housing awards. In an unprecedented and challenging year, the awards recognise and celebrate the creativity, passion, and innovation of housing organisations and individuals across the sector in Scotland, and aim to highlight

Social landlords should use a human rights approach to improve housing outcomes for women and children experiencing domestic abuse, a new report has recommended.

CIH Scotland has welcomed elements of the Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill but has stopped short of lending its support to a proposed rent cap. The Scottish Parliament's local government and communities committee has called for evidence on the Bill which aims to increase affordability and create

CIH Scotland has commended the proposed Domestic Abuse (Protection) Bill going through the Scottish Parliament but called on its provisions to be strengthened to improve the housing rights and better protect victims of domestic abuse. The legislation as drafted would allow a court to place a Domesti