Tackling homelessness as a councillor
January 2004
Written by Chris Hind, Dundee City Council
Councillor Chris Hind, Housing Convener at Dundee City Council, talks about his experiences working to alleviate homelessness.
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- Tackling Private Sector Empty Homes
- Keys to the Future: helping homeless children succeed in education
- Tenancy sustainment - not just the latest buzz word!
- Coping with the cold spell
- Shared Lives services in Scotland
- Lessons for Scotland?
- Banning evictions for rent arrears
- Housing advice for everyone
- Repossessions in Scotland: an action plan to protect homeowners
- Preventing homelessness, sustaining tenancies
- Running out of time
- Public attitudes to homelessness
- Mortgage to Rent
- Tackling fuel poverty
- Deposit Guarantee Schemes
- Challenging behaviour in services
- Cyrenians Flatmates
- Section 11 pilot project
- Landlords' forum development
- Youth homelessness prevention
- Edinburgh Landlord Accreditation
- Services for BME communities
- Racial inequalities in housing
- Housing options interviews
- Unsuitable Accommodation Order
- Knowledge, understanding and views
- The role of advice and information
- Private Sector Leasing scheme
- Housing homeless disabled people
- Domestic abuse and homelessness law
- Young people leaving care
- Older people and homelessness
- The Task Force agenda
- NorthStar: a guiding light
- Shelter's housing advice online
- Integration through football
- Social networks
- The influence of the idiots
- Health in homelessness
- Providing temporary accommodation
- Youth mediation
- Delivering welfare rights
- Managing rent arrears
- Service user involvement
- Resettlement Training Service
- Council Housing Convener
- Children's Education Worker
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