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REGENERATION, second stage transfer and housing association funding were just a few of the topics debated at a packed SFHA Housing Hustings.
More than 60 people attended the event on Monday evening to grill the main candidates in the Glasgow East by-election.
Margaret Curran, Labour; John Mason, SNP; Davena Rankin, Scottish Conservatives and Eileen Duke, Scottish Green Party, fielded questions from the audience at the Fullarton Park Hotel, Glasgow.
The event was chaired by SFHA chairman Brian Gegan who is also Chief Executive of Cairn Housing Association.
Mr Gegan said: “We had a tremendous turn out at this successful hustings and it produced some very lively debate. I’d like to thank SFHA members for their support and the candidates for their attendance.
HOUSING association employees have the chance to snap up free tickets to see a new production by the National Theatre of Scotland. Eden Court Theatre in Inverness is offering four free tickets to every SFHA member for 365, a play featuring River City star Laura McMonagle and Julie Wilson-Nimmo of Balamory.
The keynote speaker for the recent SFHA Annual Conference, Nicola Sturgeon, exclusively answers questions for the Housing Scotland TV website.
Last year, SURF hosted a successful conference on "Football and Regeneration" that focused on the shared goals for Scotland's professional football clubs and regeneration sectors.
This is a follow-up "second leg" event on the relationship between community football clubs and social & economic regeneration. The purpose of the second event is to bring together community football clubs and relevant regeneration organisations in a mutually supportive exchange of experience, plans and ideas.
The SFHA is delighted to announce an exciting new communications channel.
This week we are launching Housing Scotland TV – a series of television broadcasts on the Web.
There will be a monthly interview with Jacqui Watt, SFHA Chief Executive, on major housing issues in Scotland.
Housing Scotland TV will provide the latest housing news from around the country. For instance, there shall be broadcasts on individual housing associations in Scotland; where they are and what they do.
There will also be opportunities for Commercial Members to promote their products and services to the sector via this exciting new medium.
Housing Scotland is produced to television broadcast standards, reflecting the SFHA’s commitment to providing high quality products.
For further information please visit www.housingscotland.tv or email hsse@sfha.co.uk
The Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, made several key announcements on 25 June 2008, including that right to buy will definitely be scrapped for all new build properties, progress of second stage transfer ballots at Parkhead and Cassiltoun and the launch of “The Home Owners Support Fund”. More details on her announcements are available in the attached SFHA briefing note: Ministerial Announcement - 25 June 2008
The SFHA, in partnership, with TC Young is delighted to offer a series of legal training sessions.
An SFHA Factsheet providing an update on progress and next steps is now available. Click here to download a copy, to see updates from the SFHA's Chair on the Scottish Government's Housing Supply Task Force, and to participate in a discussion forum about the issues being raised. (Login Required) Read More
The SFHA has now published the research we commissioned into the cost of building a house. Click here to download a copy of the full research report. A summary information note is also available here.
The SFHA’s new design and PR consultancy has all the necessary skills and expertise to provide visually enhanced graphic design solutions tailored to individual housing associations’ needs.
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The winner for the 2008 Housing Scotland Award went to Isabelle Barr of Abertay Housing Association. Isabelle was nominated for her work at Dryburgh Gardens sheltered complex in Dundee, where she has been the scheme manager since 2000. The award, sponsored by SFHA Diamond Insurance was presented to Isabelle by SFHA Chief Executive Jacqui Watt at SFHAs Annual Conference Gala Dinner on Monday night.
The Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, today addressed the SFHA’s Annual Conference, telling delegates from across the housing sector in Scotland and beyond that while their role was invaluable, the affordable housing sector had to concentrate on making efficiencies.
