Each year by 31 October every social landlord must prepare and publish an Annual Assurance Statement which confirms whether it meets the regulatory requirements for all social landlords and the Standards of Governance and Financial Management for Registered Social Landlords (RSLs).

The nine social landlords the regulator will visit this year are:

• Ayrshire Housing
• Cairn Housing Association
• Cassiltoun Housing Association
• Drumchapel Housing Co-operative
• Falkirk Council
• Kingdom Housing Association
• Shire Housing Association
• South Lanarkshire Council
• Yorkhill Housing Association

The Regulator will visit these nine landlords to understand their approach to preparing their Statement and how they have assured themselves about compliance with regulatory requirements and Standards. To ensure an appropriate mixture, the selected landlords are of different sizes, structures, levels of complexity and geographical location.

The visits will have a particular focus on how the landlords have assured themselves about compliance with their tenant and resident safety duties. For RSLs, the visits will also focus on their approach to monitoring and reporting on compliance with their financial covenants.

Helen Shaw, director of regulation, said: “This is our fifth programme of visits to landlords about the Statements. The visits give us assurance about the work landlords undertake to prepare their Statement.

“During the visits we also find out what has worked well for landlords by engaging directly with staff, RSL governing body members and Local Authority Committee members.

“We will publish a report later this year on the findings to share lessons learned with all social landlords as they look to prepare their next Statements.”