Damon Gibbons of the Centre for Responsible Credit gave a briefing to members on a pilot run with a London based housing association to offer tenants on low incomes the opportunity to over and underpay their rent on a planned basis.
The Scottish Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry, examining the impact of UK welfare policies in Scotland, such as Universal Credit and the two-child limit, and also the implications of major transfer of welfare powers to Scotland over the next few years.
SFHA Discussing Changes to Rules with Scottish Housing Regulator
SFHA Leading on the development of Self-Assurance Toolkit in conjunction with Scottish Housing Regulator, GWSF and ALACHO
Following a series of events with Scottish Information Commissioner, SFHA, in conjunction with GWSF, is developing an update to its 2016 publication “Open All Hours”, along with further guidance and templates to aid members meet FOI requirements.
30-second round up of Mid-Market Rent activity.
To mark the end of the first year of the SFHA Innovation and Future Thinking Programme, supported by Wheatley Group, SFHA’s Innovation and Future Thinking Lead Lorna Wilson provides an update on progress and looks to the future.
Housing Management Update - May 2019
Leaders and organisations from across Scottish society call on First Minister to speed up the introduction of a new income supplement to tackle child poverty.
Blog by Gordon Brown, Communications Lead, SFHA
29 November, Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow.
How is Universal Credit affecting housing associations and their tenants? SFHA Research and Policy Officer Conor Hill explains what our members have told us in their survey returns so far this year.
The pledge encourages housing organisations to commit to supporting people affected by domestic abuse.
The Diamond Insurance Scheme is a specialist home contents insurance scheme offered to members by the SFHA in conjunction with Thistle Insurance Services Limited. Diamond is an affordable and flexible scheme designed to protect your tenants against a whole range of risks and there’s no cost to you as a member.
SFHA is hosting a focus group this Thursday (20 June) on housing as a human right which will help inform the Scottish Housing Day paper on the topic – a few spaces are available.
Consequence scanning is a concept developed by Doteveryone which highlights the interface between technology and policy and fits alongside other agile processes in an iterative development cycle.
