CIH
CIH highlights issues surrounding housing crisis with new current affairs programme
The Chartered Institute of Housing and ITN Productions Industry News have co-produced a news and current affairs-style programme exploring the challenges and triumphs of the housing sector.
Published 17 July 2019
Prospect committee member recognised at 2019 Housing Hero Awards
The Chartered Institute of Housing’s 2019 Housing Hero Awards celebrate all the unsung heroes within the UK housing sector that make housing great.
Published 1 July 2019
Blackwood showcases homes of the future at CIH annual conference
Specialist housing and care provider Blackwood adopted an ingenious method of transporting its ‘home of the future’ to Europe’s largest housing festival – by building it across three shipping containers.
Published 27 June 2019
River Clyde Homes takes a stand against domestic abuse
River Clyde Homes has signed up to the Chartered Institute of Housing’s 'Make a Stand' pledge to support people in the Inverclyde community who experience domestic abuse.
Published 20 June 2019
CIH welcomes consultation on Hackitt proposals but raises timescales issues
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has welcomed the UK Government’s launch of a full consultation on the reform of building safety regulation but has voiced concerns over the length of time given to receive industry opinion.
Published 7 June 2019
Dr Yoric Irving-Clarke: Make a Stand - one year on
CIH policy and practice research officer Dr Yoric Irving-Clarke talks to some early Make a Stand pledges.
Published 7 June 2019
Celebrating one year of Make A Stand domestic abuse campaign
A campaign to tackle domestic abuse in the housing sector has generated 337 signatories in its first year.
Published 4 June 2019
#HousingFirstScot: Homelessness at the Centre of Housing Policy
Ahead of the launch of Housing First guidance for Scotland’s Social Housing Professionals, Jim Strang, President of the Chartered Institute of Housing, calls for the ambitions of Housing First to be matched by funding and support.
Published 17 May 2019
Benefits cap does not breach human rights, Supreme Court rules
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has called on the UK Government to scrap the “fundamentally unfair” benefit cap after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the policy.
Published 16 May 2019
CIH confirms Geraldine Howley as chair of governing board
The chief executive of Bradford-based Incommunities Group Geraldine Howley has been confirmed as the chair of the governing board at the Chartered Institute of Housing.
Published 15 May 2019
UK Government to fund replacement of dangerous cladding on private tower blocks
Around £200 million will be made available to remove and replace unsafe cladding from around 170 privately owned high-rise buildings, the UK Government has announced.
Published 9 May 2019
Chartered Institute of Housing calls for pause on Serco evictions
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has called on private housing provider Serco to pause lock change evictions against asylum seekers in Glasgow pending a court appeal.
Published 3 May 2019
Melanie Rees: Housing allocations – is it time for a rethink?
Melanie Rees from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) reflects on a social housing research project by the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) and introduces new research on social housing allocations.
Published 1 May 2019
CIH includes more housing organisations in new domestic abuse pledge
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has launched a new pledge which aims to help more housing organisations tackle domestic abuse.
Published 9 April 2019
New CIH study: Regulate short-term lets or risk displacement of long-term residents
The rapid growth of short-term lets such as Airbnb has been a boon to tourists and landlords, yet it could lead to the misappropriation of housing stock and displacement of long-term residents from their communities if left unregulated, new analysis from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has revealed.
Published 4 April 2019
