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Today is #ScottishHousingDay and social housing providers have been running events across Scotland to mark the occasion. Here is a selection of your tweets from today.
#ScottishHousingDay aims to raise awareness of the latest developments in housing.
The theme of this year’s tweetathon is ‘young people’s housing options’ and aims to “get the message out about your housing options and dispelling myths”.
Housing staff tweeted about their achievements, hosted special events and posted pictures to raise awareness of issues affecting the sector.
Here is a selection of your tweets:
The Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland hosted a hustings with politicians from across the political spectrum:
#ScottishHousingDay photo call with @OfficialSYP @KevinStewartSNP @pauline4glasgow @GrahamSMSP @andywightman @chomczuk @eviecopland @CIHScotland cllr Barrat pic.twitter.com/id60ZX9XnQ
— Ashley Campbell (@ACampbellCIH)#ScottishHousingDay photo call with @OfficialSYP @KevinStewartSNP @pauline4glasgow @GrahamSMSP @andywightman @chomczuk @eviecopland @CIHScotland cllr Barrat pic.twitter.com/id60ZX9XnQ
— Ashley Campbell (@ACampbellCIH) September 19, 2018
Grampian Housing Association raised money for charity by hosting a coffee morning...
Queuing for coffee! Celebrating #scottishhousingday @GrampianHA with a fundraising coffee morning. Over £500 raised so far for @GWomensAid, @penumbra_scot, @RCGaberdeen & @Pathways_ABDN. Fun time had by all and benefitting worthwhile causes! pic.twitter.com/6423Yz63PR
— Grampian HA (@GrampianHA)Queuing for coffee! Celebrating #scottishhousingday @GrampianHA with a fundraising coffee morning. Over £500 raised so far for @GWomensAid, @penumbra_scot, @RCGaberdeen & @Pathways_ABDN. Fun time had by all and benefitting worthwhile causes! pic.twitter.com/6423Yz63PR
— Grampian HA (@GrampianHA) September 19, 2018
While Sanctuary Group held an event to discuss young people’s housing options - the theme of this year’s #ScottishHousingDay:
Sanctuary Scotland had a great turnout for their #ScottishHousingDay event today! Housing applicants were invited to discuss their housing options with the Housing Team, while enjoying some refreshments. pic.twitter.com/gBVTy1pRiF
— Sanctuary Group (@SanctuaryPR)Sanctuary Scotland had a great turnout for their #ScottishHousingDay event today! Housing applicants were invited to discuss their housing options with the Housing Team, whilst enjoying some refreshments. pic.twitter.com/gBVTy1pRiF
— Sanctuary Group (@SanctuaryPR) September 19, 2018
Housing advice charity Housing Options Scotland held Q&As to showcase housing options, including for young disabled people:
Ooh, it’s great when a plan comes together. Join us at 10 for our first Q&A as we speak to Claire @clairedall about her #housingoptions as a young disabled person. Find out more about Claire here t.co/jjq6fD3F1y #ScottishHousingDay pic.twitter.com/Ceb9KixcQU
— Housing Options Scotland (@HousingOpsScot)Ooh, it's great when a plan comes together. Join us at 10 for our first Q&A as we speak to Claire @clairedall about her #housingoptions as a young disabled person. Find out more about Claire here https://t.co/jjq6fD3F1y #ScottishHousingDay pic.twitter.com/Ceb9KixcQU
— Housing Options Scotland (@HousingOpsScot) September 19, 2018
#ScottishHousingDay was also about you trumpeting your organisation’s achievements and plenty of social landlords did just that:
It’s #ScottishHousingDay 🏡🏢🏠 Here is some info on the wide range of services available to the community and residents of East Renfrewshire from our housing team 👍 pic.twitter.com/nU55LM48qJ
— East Renfrewshire (@EastRenCouncil)It's #ScottishHousingDay \uD83C\uDFE1\uD83C\uDFE2\uD83C\uDFE0 Here is some info on the wide range of services available to the community and residents of East Renfrewshire from our housing team \uD83D\uDC4D pic.twitter.com/nU55LM48qJ
— East Renfrewshire (@EastRenCouncil) September 19, 2018
It’s #ScottishHousingDay! We are dedicated to eradicating fuel poverty and our external wall insulation programme is a huge part of that.
— Dundee City Council (@DundeeCouncil)
Over the past months this programme has been winning awards up and down the country!🌟🏘️t.co/z2PqwEDT3m pic.twitter.com/fjtyBAMuVjIt's #ScottishHousingDay! We are dedicated to eradicating fuel poverty and our external wall insulation Programme is a huge part of that.
— Dundee City Council (@DundeeCouncil) September 19, 2018
Over the past months this Programme has been winning awards up and down the country!\uD83C\uDF1F\uD83C\uDFD8️https://t.co/z2PqwEDT3m pic.twitter.com/fjtyBAMuVj
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations released a film showcasing some of your achievements:
On #ScottishHousingDay we are proud to share this short film about the great work our members do to build great homes and communities that the people of Scotland need and deserve!t.co/ITxwEuq25v
— SFHA (@sfha_hq)On #ScottishHousingDay we are proud to share this short film about the great work our members do to build great homes and communities that the people of Scotland need and deserve!https://t.co/ITxwEuq25v
— SFHA (@sfha_hq) September 19, 2018
And lots of you showed your support by holding red and white “we are supporting #ScottishHousingDay” banners:
Happy #ScottishHousingDay from the CIH Scotland team! 🙂 @scothousingday pic.twitter.com/NUprpFYAma
— CIH Scotland (@CIHScotland)Happy #ScottishHousingDay from the CIH Scotland team! \uD83D\uDE42 @scothousingday pic.twitter.com/NUprpFYAma
— CIH Scotland (@CIHScotland) September 19, 2018
We’ve been blown away with the success of #ScottishHousingDay ......literally!! Thanks @KevinStewartSNP for braving #StormAli to visit our development on the site of the Old Eastern General #Edinburgh #affordablehousing pic.twitter.com/MFknqpXl39
— The Hillcrest Group (@Hillcrest_Group)We've been blown away with the success of #ScottishHousingDay ......literally!! Thanks @KevinStewartSNP for braving #StormAli to visit our development on the site of the Old Eastern General #Edinburgh #affordablehousing pic.twitter.com/MFknqpXl39
— The Hillcrest Group (@Hillcrest_Group) September 19, 2018
Finance Team... they’re not often in the public eye but these “back room guys” are the gel that holds us together! #ScottishHousingDay pic.twitter.com/1O48wT7XV3
— River Clyde Homes (@rivclydehomes)Finance Team...they're not often in the public eye but these "back room guys" are the gel that holds us together! #ScottishHousingDay pic.twitter.com/1O48wT7XV3
— River Clyde Homes (@rivclydehomes) September 19, 2018
On #ScottishHousingDay we are supporting our Young Persons Housing Options service to ensure positive housing outcomes pic.twitter.com/7yBviAtWqV
— WDCHousing (@HousingWdc)On #ScottishHousingDay we are supporting our Young Persons Housing Options service to ensure positive housing outcomes pic.twitter.com/7yBviAtWqV
— WDCHousing (@HousingWdc) September 19, 2018
Others sought to raise awareness of issues:
Today is #ScottishHousingDay and we want to use this opportunity to raise some awareness of the issues facing the #LGBThomeless community. Follow the hashtag, and help us spread the word. We believe no one should lose their home because of who they are 🙌🏳️🌈 pic.twitter.com/udrKphfLZt
— Ypeople (@YpeopleOrg)Today is #ScottishHousingDay and we want to use this opportunity to raise some awareness of the issues facing the #LGBThomeless community. Follow the hashtag, and help us spread the word. We believe no one should lose their home because of who they are \uD83D\uDE4C\uD83C\uDFF3️\uD83C\uDF08 pic.twitter.com/udrKphfLZt
— Ypeople (@YpeopleOrg) September 19, 2018
Owning a warm and efficient home shouldn’t be a luxury.
— Energy Saving Trust (Scotland) (@EST_Scotland)
We’d like to use #ScottishHousingDay to remind you that you’re not alone.
If you think your house could be warmer, or the bills are creeping up, call us for free on 📞 0808 808 2282. We’d love to help.
Please share 👍 pic.twitter.com/CWpPilPexJOwning a warm and efficient home shouldn't be a luxury.
— Energy Saving Trust (Scotland) (@EST_Scotland) September 19, 2018
We'd like to use #ScottishHousingDay to remind you that you're not alone.
If you think your house could be warmer, or the bills are creeping up, call us for free on \uD83D\uDCDE 0808 808 2282. We'd love to help.
Please share \uD83D\uDC4D pic.twitter.com/CWpPilPexJ
Inside Housing hosted a Q&A with Scottish Housing minister Kevin Stewart, who answered questions about Brexit, challenges for the sector, perceptions of social housing and the below on the Scottish government’s 50,000-home target:
Councils have a statutory responsibility to produce a local housing strategy, which sets out their priorities for housing delivery. @scotgov supports the delivery of these priorities by allocating resources through our Affordable Housing Supply Programme.
— Kevin Stewart MSP (@KevinStewartSNP)Councils have a statutory responsibility to produce a local housing strategy, which sets out their priorities for housing delivery. @scotgov supports the delivery of these priorities by allocating resources through our Affordable Housing Supply Programme.
— Kevin Stewart MSP (@KevinStewartSNP) September 19, 2018
Earlier, Jim Strang, president of the Chartered Institute of Housing, took the Twitter Q&A hot seat and rapidly answered lots of your questions, on topics including tackling domestic abuse, what England could learn from Scotland, Housing First, asylum seekers and social purpose.
His reponse to the question of how to increase awareness of social housing’s positives was a rallying call for the sector, and seconded by Sally Thomas of the SFHA:
Couldn’t agree more – let’s do it #ScottishHousingDay @sfha_hq #housingscotland @insidehousing t.co/q8FOW46WAe
— Sally Thomas (@SallySFHA)Couldn’t agree more - let’s do it #ScottishHousingDay @sfha_hq #housingscotland @insidehousing https://t.co/q8FOW46WAe
— Sally Thomas (@SallySFHA) September 19, 2018
Why #ScottishHousingDay is important Callum Chomczuk of CIH Scotland explains #ScottishHousingDay is all about and why you should get involved.
Your #ScottishHousingDay stories, videos and pictures A selection of your tweets from throughout the day
Social housing: Scotland's best kept secret Sally Thomas of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations reflects on why social housing is unfairly perceived as being of lower quality than other tenures
The Scottish social housing sector must do more for young people Lorraine McLaren outlines ways Wheatley Group has helped give young people more opportunities
#ScottishHousingDay receives cross-party support Politicians from across the spectrum pledge their support for #ScottishHousingDay, as housing providers launch a programme of special events.