{"id":6370,"date":"2020-09-16T11:58:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T10:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottishhousingday.co.uk\/?p=6370"},"modified":"2020-09-16T12:04:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T11:04:14","slug":"6370","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottishhousingday.co.uk\/?p=6370","title":{"rendered":"What social housing means to me: David Weddell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have worked in housing for over 30 years where I compared &amp; dispatched Land Register Certificates at Registers of Scotland.&nbsp;I then worked at Scottish Homes in Legal Services where I issued the Right to Buy Housing Applications Offers &amp; Acceptances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I then worked for various Housing Associations namely Cairn, Canmore &amp; Manor Estates in various Departments including Finance, Housing &amp; Maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What my home means to me is a safe &amp; secure, warm, wind &amp; water tight environment that belongs to me that I am proud to call 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