Scottish Housing Regulator

The Scottish Housing Regulator has appointed 18 independent, volunteer tenant advisors to help ensure tenants remain at the centre of its work. Coming from communities across Scotland, the advisors were appointed following an open recruitment exercise supported by TIS Scotland.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has revealed a programme of visits to nine social landlords to discuss their Annual Assurance Statement. 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

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a summary of the outcome of its annual risk assessment of social landlords, along with engagement plans for registered social landlords (RSLs) and local authorities. The plans for RSLs include a regulatory status which describes whether the RSL complies w

Blackwood Homes & Care has regained full compliance with the Scottish Housing Regulator’s regulatory standards, marking an important milestone for the organisation. Blackwood moved out of compliance with regulatory standards in November 2024. Since then, the organisation has undertaken a s

The Scottish Parliament's Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee has urged its successor committee to undertake a comprehensive review of the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR). In its legacy report published this week, the Committee said the review would ideally take place early in the next

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has written to social landlords setting out the key areas they must address as they prepare their next Annual Assurance Statements, due for submission by 31 October 2026. In the letter, chief executive Michael Cameron reminded landlords of the revised guidance pu

Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) delivered stronger financial results in 2024/25, but significant pressures on cash and short‑term liquidity continue to affect parts of the sector, according to new analysis from the Scottish Housing Regulator.

The Scottish Housing Regulator meets regularly with tenants through its Tenants Together (Scotland) Scottish Housing Regulator Liaison Group, made up of members of Tenants Together (Scotland) (TTS). Board member and TTS liaison group chair, Helen Trouten Torres, shares an update from the latest grou

Senior representatives from the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) met with housing professionals on 25th February to outline regulatory expectations and discuss current sector pressures.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has welcomed the findings of independent research into how it communicates with stakeholders. The research shows stakeholders make use of the full range of SHR’s communications channels, with the website and publications used most frequently. All channels w

Following the success of its sold-out Glasgow event, Share will host a further opportunity for housing professionals to engage directly with the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) team.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has written to social landlords about making information available for tenants and service users about landlord performance and its work.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) is recruiting tenant advisors. This is an exciting opportunity for tenants of social landlords to inform the Regulator’s work and bring a tenant perspective to its scrutiny of landlords’ services.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published its revised Determination of Accounting Requirements, which sets out how Registered Social Landlords must prepare and present their annual accounts, ensuring transparency and consistency across the sector.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has said it is satisfied that Govan Housing Association is compliant with the regulatory standards following an eight-month review. In July 2024, Govan notified the Regulator of potentially serious internal concerns that had been raised with it, including matters relat