SFHA has submitted evidence to the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee’s Inquiry into Welfare in Scotland – highlighting concerns over the shortcomings in the administration of Universal Credit.
SFHA seeks member support for Challenge Poverty Week
SFHA has joined the Trussell Trust’s #FiveWeeksTooLong campaign.
SFHA has joined the Trussell Trust’s #FiveWeeksTooLong campaign.
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.
Whilst the managed migration of Universal Credit is being introduced very carefully, with a pilot project in Harrogate only starting in July and full migration not taking place until the latter half of 2020, numbers are rapidly growing via new claims and managed migration – and controversy is never far away.
The DWP announces that the managed migration pilot will begin in Harrogate, as it outlines how it will approach the task.
SFHA tells Social Security Committee changes are needed to stop social housing tenants being dragged further into poverty.
The measures will look at how Social Security Scotland operates and delivers benefits, including how the agency treats clients, if staff are well supported and how systems are working.
How is Universal Credit affecting your organisation and tenants? Share your experience by completing this month’s Universal Credit survey.
Support for third sector organisations delivering Scotland’s new benefits system.
New report released on Scottish Housing Day says housing must be a human right.
The new commitment was agreed between Mears and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF).
SFHA/Wise Group information session aims to create links between RSLs in Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, East/West Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire and the Scottish Government's national employability service.
The debate will hear from Sally Thomas, Chief Executive of SFHA, Convenor of the Scottish Youth Parliament's Social Security Committee Ryan Kelly MSYP, and co-chair of the National Taskforce for Human Rights Leadership, Professor Alan Miller, as they share their thoughts on housing as a human right.
