{"id":2405,"date":"2019-09-11T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottishhousingday.co.uk\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:39:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:39:32","slug":"what-home-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottishhousingday.co.uk\/?p=2405","title":{"rendered":"What ‘Home’ means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Scottish Housing Day fast approaching, the team at\nHome Group in Scotland have been looking closely at this year\u2019s theme; housing\nas a human right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a provider of social housing, as well as mid-market\nrent properties, this is something we have always felt passionate about.  We\u2019re constantly reviewing our services to\nensure that customers have safe homes they can be proud of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems obvious that every person should have a place to\ncall home, but this basic right is not actually protected by law in Scotland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A change in legislation could provide a legal right to an\nadequate home for everyone. Until then, we are working to ensure that our\ncustomers have good quality affordable homes which meet their needs. We are\nalready building new homes to the highest standards of energy efficiency that\nexceed the efficiency of most homes built in the private sector. In some areas\nof Scotland, we are even including the technology to charge electric vehicles\nat the new homes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we know we could do more and, as part of our journey\nin understanding housing as a human right, we\u2019ve teamed up with Shelter\nScotland to explore this and understand what more we can do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have developed a workshop with Shelter for our teams and\nour Board to help us all gain a better understanding of what a human rights-based\napproach to housing should look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will also help us to have a better understanding of\nhow human rights relate to housing in Scottish law, and we will use this\nunderstanding to develop our own practices at Home Group in Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home is such an important word and something that\neveryone should have. We asked some of our customers what home means to them\nand their answers all revolved around family, love and safety \u2013 things that\neveryone has a right to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re supporting Scottish Housing Day and proud to be\nworking with Shelter Scotland to improve our knowledge and support our\ncustomers even more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can view our short video below <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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