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Read reports about our conferences and seminars since 2003 and download PDF versions of presentations given.
Scotland's housing: building firm foundations for the future
Shelter Scotland hosts a seminar in Edinburgh, bringing together practitioners from across the Scottish housing sector to discuss the next Housing Bill and how best to advance their proposals. Read more 
A new Housing Bill for Scotland?
This Shelter seminar was the first opportunity for the Scottish housing sector to discuss what it might want to see in the next Housing Bill and how best to advance its proposals. Read more
All change for Housing Benefit?
This one-day conference, held in Glasgow on 20 October 2008, gave delegates the opportunity to share their experiences of managing local housing allowance and hear about future changes being proposed to housing benefit. Read more
Firm foundations in private renting?
This one-day conference, held in Edinburgh on 27 August 2008, brought together landlords and letting agents, local authority and voluntary sector staff to look at recent changes and future plans for the private rented sector in Scotland. Read more
Four years and counting!
This one-day Shelter conference, held in Glasgow on 23 June 2008, brought together housing practitioners from local authorities, RSLs and voluntary organisations to look at recent progress and future plans for meeting the 2012 homelessness target in Scotland. Read more
The Scottish housing bubble
This half-day Shelter seminar, held in Edinburgh on 22 May 2008, aimed to bring together key commentators on Scottish housing and the economy to look at the current state of the Scottish housing market and its possible future. Read more
Tenancy sustainment conference
This one-day Shelter conference, held in Edinburgh on 31 January 2008, explored a number of measures and services that help tenants to stay in their accommodation. It provided an opportunity for delegates to hear about new services and share good practice. Read more
But why here?
This half-day seminar, held in Edinburgh on 20 November 2007, officially launched a practical resource pack called 'But Why Here?' on community engagement, developed with support from Communities Scotland. Read more
Halfway to 2012
This one-day conference, held in Glasgow on 1 October 2007, brought together people from a wide range of backgrounds to share experience as to what progress has been made and what still needs to be done to meet the 2012 target in Scotland. Read more
Planning for affordable housing
Shelter and the Centre for Scottish Public Policy held a Chatham House Rules round table discussion on planning for affordable housing on Friday 28th September 2007. It was attended by experts from across the housing and planning sectors. Read more
Private renting, public benefit
This one-day Shelter conference, held in Perth on 28 August 2007, focused on current legislation, key issues affecting tenants and best practice in the private rented sector. Read more
Getting repairs done: new solutions
This half-day Shelter seminar, held in Glasgow on 14 June 2007, aimed to update advisers' skills on dealing with repairs cases in relation to the new Repairing Standard for housing in the private rented sector. Speakers explained the new standard and Private Rented Housing Panel which will begin in September. Read more
Housing Scotland: agenda 2007 - 2011
This one-day Shelter conference, held in Edinburgh on 24 May 2007, aimed to set out the housing challenge in Scotland for the next parliamentary term and beyond. High profile speakers from all housing sectors were invited to explain their priorities during the next four years. Read more
2012: the end of rural homelessness
This one-day Shelter conference, held in Dumfries on 29 January 2007, was held to share experiences and discuss solutions and innovations to a wide range of rural housing issues. The event also looked to the future to tackle the lack of affordable housing in rural Scotland. Read more
Temporary accommodation
This one-day Shelter conference, held in Glasgow on 29 November 2006, looked at the current challenges being faced by local authorities and partner organisations in meeting the duty to provide temporary accommodation to all homeless households. Read more
A new dawn for private renting?
This one-day conference, held on Thursday 24 August 2006, examined the many changes taking place in the Scottish private rented sector as a result of the new landlord registration scheme and the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006. You can find out more about the day and download the seminar presentations here. Read more
Delivering on homelessness 2006
This one-day conference to mark the Homelessness Monitoring Group's (HMG) annual report was held on Monday 24 April 2006. You can find out more about the day and download presentations from the event here. Read more
Section 5 homelessness referrals
Shelter's seminar on the use of Section 5 referrals on 31 January 2006 in Glasgow, was attended by over 100 practitioners from across the housing sector. The event is summarised below and you can also download PDFs of the presentations that were delivered on the day. Read more
Affordable rural housing
Here you can read a summary of the recent seminar on affordable housing for rural communities, hosted by Shelter Scotland on 28 October 2005 and download PDFs of the presentations that were given there. Read more
A vibrant private rented sector
Here you can download PDFs of the presentations that were given at the recent seminar on creating a vibrant private sector, hosted by Shelter Scotland on 3 June 2005. Read more
Minimum rights for hostel dwellers
Here you can download PDFs of the presentations that were given at the recent seminar on rights for hostel dwellers, hosted by Shelter Scotland on 30 November 2004. Read more
Antisocial behaviour
Here you can download PDFs of the presentations that were given at the recent seminar on antisocial behaviour, hosted by Shelter Scotland. Read more
Changing Homelessness in Practice
This seminar, held at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 4 September 2003, marked the launch of Shelter Scotland's CHiP project. Read more
