I love my flat
I’m 79 and have lived here in Bonnyrigg for about 45 years. My husband’s employment meant that we lived above the shop in tied accommodation. Unfortunately, he developed a serious …
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Setting out a vision for the future of housing
Scottish Housing Day gets people talking about housing, says Aileen Campbell, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government. We need that discussion to continue in the coming months. IN JUST …
Housing as a human right for people with learning disabilities
On Scottish Housing Day, Lorne Berkley of the Scottish Commission for Learning Disability blogs about the housing landscape for people with learning disabilities. A generation of people with learning disabilities …
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Hub of hope
Glasgow City Council’s s Private Rented Sector Hub is a unique service to help families in the city’s private rented sector housing and aims to prevent homelessness and tackle child …
All about values
ARK Housing Chief Executive, Bobby Duffy, explains how clear organisational values set the standard for enabling tenants to claim their housing rights. ARK is described as a values-based organisation and …
What ‘Home’ means
Home Group director, Sandra Brydon, blogs on housing as a human right and the work the organisation is doing with Shelter Scotland to understand it better. With Scottish Housing Day …
Are you with us?
Are you with us? The campaign for housing rights in Scotland – a blog from Shelter Scotland This week, Shelter Scotland launched a new campaign for housing rights in Scotland, …
Housing as a human right – what’s possible?
Ahead of this year’s Scottish Housing Day on September 18, CIH Scotland’s national director Callum Chomczuk explores the possibilities for creating a human rights-based approach to housing in Scotland. Scottish …
Aspirations for community
Sandra Brydon of Home Group Housing explains the launch of its Aspirations Project A lot has changed in Scotland over the last 40 years when Home Group’s history began. Technology has …
Housing is a human right – but what does this mean in Scotland?
Shelter Scotland blogs on housing as a human right In December 2018, the First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership recommended a new Act of the Scottish Parliament on human rights. …
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