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TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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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
 
​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
 
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
 
Much to cheer and fear
The housing bill has many pros but a few cons too, says Shelter Scotland's Fiona King.
OPINION 5 March 2014 Guest post
 
Housing bill threatens tenants’ rights
Housing body calls for amendments to housing bill.
NEWS 5 March 2014 by Rab Armour
 
Communities need to be connected
Andy Milne, chief executive of Scotland's Independent Regeneration Network (Surf), sees grounds for optimism in MSPs report on Scotland's regeneration strategy
OPINION 27 February 2014 Guest post
 
Communities denied say on regeneration
MSPs criticise paltry efforts to include communities in Scotland's regeneration strategy.
NEWS 27 February 2014 by Rab Armour
 
They huff and they puff but don’t blow over the bedroom tax
It's official: the bedroom tax is unworkable, probably costs more than it sets out to save and hits the most vulnerable hardest.
OPINION 14 February 2014 by Susan Smith
 
If not the bedroom tax, then what?
Axing the under-occupancy charge doesn’t address the problems the UK government set out to solve so if not the bedroom tax then what?
FEATURE 7 February 2014 by Alex Turnbull
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