With only a few weeks left to go until this year’s Scottish Housing Day, which is taking place on Wednesday 14 September 2022, SFHA has created a round-up of upcoming events and opportunities for members to get involved.
The theme for this year is sustainable housing, and social landlords are encouraged to showcase how they ensure the homes they provide are increasingly sustainable and how they are supporting tenants throughout the cost of living crisis. This is about more than low or zero-carbon heating systems to address the climate emergency but also about how our homes can be increasingly:
- affordable
- adaptable
- the right size for each household
- built using modern methods of construction
- improved for tenant and customer health and wellbeing
In the run up to the day, SFHA will be hosting a webinar in partnership with Sustainability for Housing (SfH) which will bring together registered social landlords from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to talk about the way they are managing, and reporting on, sustainability issues. Join us on Friday 9 September (from 10.30 to 11.30) to learn more about the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing and the experiences of landlords from across the UK.
Booking details available here.
Climate emergency training
September also sees the launch of the second round of SFHA's Climate Emergency Training, delivered in partnership with Keep Scotland Beautiful. The course will explore the key the role of the housing sector in achieving Scotland’s emission reduction aims, and the low-carbon behaviours and actions required to achieve these aims.
Booking details available here.
PAS 2030/35: New retrofit standards
On 6 September, SFHA's strategic partners Changeworks and Warmworks will lead a webinar session on the PAS 2030/35 retrofit standards and the implications for social landlords in adopting these in their retrofit programmes.
Booking details available here.
Scottish Law Commission webinar series on tenements
On the 13 September, the Scottish Law Commission will launch its new webinar series on the law of the tenement, commencing with a session that looks at the lessons from England.
Booking details available here.
Tell us about your own events and activities:
SFHA is keen to hear what members have planned for the day and would welcome any articles or case studies, related to the theme, that you would like to feature on our website or social media channels. Please get in touch with us via features@sfha.co.uk if you have any information you would like to share.
