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Quiz the housing minister this afternoon for Scottish Housing Day
The Scottish housing minister will face your questions in a live Twitter Q&A this afternoon for Scottish Housing Day.
Kevin Stewart has now confirmed that he will take part in a 30-minute chat at 2pm as part of the annual social media marathon.
The theme of Scottish Housing Day this year is ‘housing as a human right’ but the Q&A is expected to be wide-ranging.
To take part, tweet your question to Mr Stewart along with the hashtag #IHchat. Inside Housing journalist Lucie Heath will be fielding the questions and retweeting them for the minister to answer.
The session with Mr Stewart follows #IHchat sessions this morning with Jim Strang, president of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), and Lisa Borthwick, senior campaigns and policy manager at Shelter Scotland.
Inside Housing has also published blogs this morning from Callum Chomczuk, director of CIH Scotland; Lesley Baird, chief executive of Tpas Scotland; and Gordon Brown, communications lead at the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations.
Inside Housing on #ScottishHousingDay
Inside Housing is hosting Q&As with key figures for Scottish Housing Day.
To get involved, tweet your questions using the hashtags #IHchat and #ScottishHousingDay at the following times:
9.30am: Jim Strang, president, Chartered Institute of Housing
10.30am: Lisa Borthwick, senior campaigns and policy manager, Shelter Scotland
2pm: Kevin Stewart, minister for local government, housing and planning, Scottish government
More articles on Scottish Housing Day:
Making the case for housing as a human right on Scottish Housing Day – Callum Chomczuk stresses the importance of resources and a clear vision to incorporate the right to housing into domestic legislation
Mixing the traditional with the new to improve engagement – Lesley Baird argues that social landlords can no longer rely on traditional methods when looking at tenant engagement
Scottish sector calls for housing to be recognised as a human right – Details of the report by several Scottish housing bodies
Associations must support the Scottish government in seeking to improve housing rights – Housing has for too long been considered secondary to health and education, and it is time for it to be recognised as a human right, argues Gordon Brown
