GCVS News

GCVS is a busy organisation working within a dynamic sector. Here are some of the news stories that have caught our interest.

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Housing news stories:

• Glasgow Housing Association Takes the Lead in Tackling Fuel Poverty

  Published: 27 Jan 2012

  Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) has already seen 1,500 people sign up for its Winter Ready scheme, which provides free housing checks for residents who are over 60 or disabled.

• Fuel Poverty: State of the Nations

  Published: 30 Sep 2011

  A report has been published by the Fuel Poverty Monitor detailing regional levels of fuel poverty in the UK.

• Concerns for Young People over Lack of Housing & ESA reforms

  Published: 30 Sep 2011

  Citizens Advice Scotland has issued a briefing detailing the effects that the financial crisis and welfare reform are having on young peoples’ ability to afford a home

• Glasgow’s Draft Housing Strategy

  Published: 22 Sep 2011

  Glasgow’s Draft Housing Strategy is to be submitted to Glasgow City Council’s Executive Committee on 22nd September 2011.

• Fuel Poverty Concerns Follow Scottish Power Price Hike

  Published: 9 Jun 2011

  Scottish Power has announced that its electricity and gas prices are to rise by 10% and 19% respectively, a move that has dismayed campaigners against fuel poverty.

• £2500 Drop in Housing Benefit for Unemployed

  Published: 30 Mar 2011

  New figures have revealed that unemployed young people in Scotland claiming housing benefit could lose an average of £2500 a year under coalition plans.

• Housing Associations Undermined by Policy Change

  Published: 30 Mar 2011

  Jim Harvey, Director of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) has criticised Government Housing policy describing it as short-term, unsustainable and a threat to the future of many housing associations.

• First Phase in 1bn City Revival is to Begin

  Published: 30 Mar 2011

  Several of Glasgow's inner-city areas are to get a long overdue facelift after tens of millions of pounds was released for the overhaul of deprived neighbourhoods and brownfield sites.

• Charities Warn of Explosion in Levels of Homelessness

  Published: 29 Oct 2010

  Scottish and English charities are warning that the comprehensive spending review will lead to soaring homelessness and a crippling shortage of affordable homes.