HACT's Chief Executive Andrew van Doorn chatted with us ahead of his session at our Annual Conference, taking place on 14 and 15 June at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow. Andrew shared his thoughts on how we can measure and demonstrate the social impact of the housing sector.
World of Housing is part of SFHA’s Routes to Housing thematic campaign and aims to create a pipeline of talented upcoming professionals to sustain the future of the housing sector in Scotland.
The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) is funded by the Scottish Government and hosted by Shelter Scotland. It was established in 2010 to help tackle the housing crisis by encouraging organisations and individuals to bring private sector long-term empty homes back into use where possible as social and affordable homes to help reduce housing need.
Hazel Young has been appointed Group Director of Housing and Property Management, while Laura Pluck takes up the new position of Group Director of Communities.
Margaret Runcie visited Edinburgh’s Whitefoord House, a supported housing facility run the charity Scottish Veterans Residences (SVR), where she joined residents to plant a tree in celebration of this year’s Platinum Jubilee.
The Duke and Duchess surprised tenants of Wheatley Homes Glasgow, part of Wheatley Group, during a walkabout at Kennishead in the south side of the city.
Mr FitzPatrick and Ms Robison took a tour of the premises with Hillcrest senior management and spent time learning about the range of services that will be provided at the new facility.
The strategy sets out how the regulator will support the social housing sector to recover from the pandemic and explains how its work will help empower tenants and others.
