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Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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The bedroom tax continues to cause sleepless nights
Katrina Hamilton explains why Blackwood has set up a welfare reform project to provide peace of mind for both tenants and landlord
OPINION 28 March 2014 Guest post
 
Scotland spends 10 times more tackling fuel poverty than England
Nearly 4.5 million British households are in fuel poverty and that is set to rise unless action is taken say charities
NEWS 28 March 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Homelessness falls but not fast enough
Housing bodies call from more action on homelessness despite 10% drop in new applications
NEWS 27 March 2014 by Robert Armour
 
Housing body fears UK plans to cut energy saving programme
Housing body is worried Westminster government plans to cut an energy efficiency scheme that is helping tackle fuel poverty
NEWS 27 March 2014 by Robert Armour
 
Benefit cap will cost public purse dear
A move to cap welfare benefits will actually costs the public purse more, according to a leading housing body
NEWS 20 March 2014 by Robert Armour
 
​Regulator questions social housing rent increases
The Scottish Housing Regulator is calling for a debate on annual above inflation rent increases in the social housing sector
NEWS 13 March 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Helping tenants meet the challenges of Universal Credit
Dunedin Canmore has learnt valuable lessons in how to support tenants to pay their own rent under Universal Credit
OPINION 13 March 2014 Guest post
 
Social landlords have become complacent
Social landlords partly responsible for tenants' rent arrears according to the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland.
NEWS 11 March 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
£15m underspend on bedroom tax fund
Councils are being urged to ensure that £15m of underspent discretionary housing payment funds reach vulnerable tenants by the end of March
NEWS 6 March 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Housing bill threatens tenants’ rights
Housing body calls for amendments to housing bill.
NEWS 5 March 2014 by Robert Armour
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