News

The latest provisional statistics from the UK HPI show that the average price of a property in Scotland in August 2024 was £200,000.

Rural Housing Scotland (RHS), the charity dedicated to supporting Scotland’s rural communities in securing affordable local housing, is set to close its doors after over 20 years of service.

GWSF research highlights that community-based housing associations are finding it increasingly challenging to support new tenants due to extreme pressures on the Scottish Welfare Fund.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published its annual report and accounts for 2023/24.

Changes to the UC Landlord Portal will be made shortly.

CACHE launch a new report that takes a systems-thinking approach to understanding the price of electricity in the UK .

Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN) have published their first report on the Scottish Private Rented Sector.

The Housing Options Training Toolkit has been shortlisted for a CIH Scotland Award.

The SHR has published its thematic review of the provision of British Sign Language services by social landlords in Scotland.

Information on the Regulator's forthcoming consultation on revised Charter Indicators.

Care and Repair Scotland are recruiting for an interim National Director. This would be an excellent secondment opportunity for someone working within the Private Sector area.

SHN’s Data and Benchmarking Tools have now been updated with the SHR dataset for 2023/24, Using these Tools members can now compare their organisation’s performance to any other landlord in Scotland.

Scottish Enterprise has announced the five projects to be funded through their Can Do Green Heat Retrofit Innovation Challenge.

West Dunbartonshire is the latest of the ten councils that have declared emergencies, to publish an action plan.

Scotland’s Housing Network is pleased to again offer our Value for Money (VFM) service for 2024.

Scotland’s Housing Network has recently published the second annual Development Value for Money report reviewing trends related to data from new build development projects completed during 2023/24. 

Simon community Scotland and Fast Forward launch Gambling Harm e-learning toolkit.

The Office of The Chief Statistician at the Scottish Government has announced that the annual Homelessness in Scotland: 2023-24 statistics publication will be delayed.

The Scottish Government has launched the consultation on changes to the building standards to require “Passivhaus” equivalent standards in all new build homes.

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland has announced the details for a special event to celebrate Scottish Housing Day, which this year focuses on the theme of ‘homes for life.’

Renfrewshire Council has expanded their Missing Shares scheme to incorporate all fully owned tenement/flatted blocks.

A special event has been scheduled by CIH to celebrate Scottish Housing Day's theme of "homes for life". Stirling University, Wednesday 18th September. See below for further details.

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SHN are delighted to launch our Strategic Plan 2024-2029, developed with input from members and the staff team.