Scottish Housing Day

The misconception that social housing is lower quality than other tenures is still held among many Scots, a new survey has revealed. A poll commissioned for Scottish Housing Day shows that, despite having the most stretching standards of any type of housing, only 13% of Scots think that social housi

A model of one of the 1960s lodging houses which played a formative role in the beginning of Langstane Housing Association will be put on display next week to celebrate Scottish Housing Day. Often places of last resort with conditions less than satisfactory, the lodging houses and night shelters wer

With just one week to go until Scottish Housing Day, CIH Scotland has provided a short round up of some of the key events that it has got lined up to mark the day. CIH Scotland and partners are gearing up for this year’s Scottish Housing Day which takes place in just one week’s time on Wednesday

People and communities across Scotland are being asked to save the date for this year’s Scottish Housing Day, which will take place on Wednesday September 19th. This will be the third annual Scottish Housing Day and is led by the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland (CIH Scotland) in partnershi

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) opened its doors on 21 September to celebrate Scottish Housing Day, inviting its tenants along to find out more about how the organisation is run. Tenants took part in a guided tour of the Constitution Street-based office where they were welcomed by Keith An

Members of Hawthorn Housing Co-operative in Possilpark celebrated their 30th anniversary with a community cinema experience on Scottish Housing Day last week. Patrons to the cinema enjoyed popcorn and images of the area from over the last 60 years. These images showed the transformation that the com

Parkhead chief executive Jim Strang Parkhead Housing Association celebrated its birthday at its 40th Annual General Meeting on Scottish Housing Day last week.

Tenants have recently moved into brand new Perth & Kinross Council homes at Glenearn Road in Perth. The new modern blocks, which contain four one-bedroom flats and four two-bedroom flats, welcomed their first occupants this week.

(from left) Elaine Byrne, director, Scotland’s Housing Network; James Coutts, service development and support manager, East Lothian Council; Ilene Campbell, chief executive, TIS East Lothian Council has achieved a Gold accreditation for scrutiny from TIS in partnership with Scotland’s Housing Ne

Chair of South Lanarkshire Council’s housing and technical resources, Councillor Josh Wilson with executive director, Daniel Lowe, and head of housing services, Annette Finnan, with the council’s Local Housing Strategy 2017-2022 South Lanarkshire Council has published its Local Housing Strategy

Kevin Stewart Housing minister Kevin Stewart outlines the reasons for his support of this year’s Scottish Housing Day.

(from left) Robina and James McCusker (Mollins Gate residents), Stephen Profili (Lovell), Cllr Greg Lennon, Cllr Willie Doolan, Cllr Michael McPake, Craig Sanderson (Link), Ross Aitken (a Mollins Gate resident), Angela Tagg (a Mollins Gate resident) Coinciding with Scottish Housing Day 2017, partner

(from left) Cllr Martin Earl, Mark Griffiths (RSHA Board member), Margaret Vass (chair of RSHA), Robert Marshall (Marshall Construction), Dick Johnstone (chair of Callander Community Council), Tony Teasdale (chief executive - RSHA) Rural Stirling Housing Association celebrated Scottish Housing Day t

Marilyn Clewes Tenants must get more involved with their housing association if they want a real say in how their communities take shape in the future, Queens Cross Housing Association said today as it lent its support to Scottish Housing Day.

Roddy Kyle Housing and care provider Bield is supporting Scottish Housing Day by underlining how it endorses its own “year round ethos”.