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

The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published two updated factsheets for tenants and landlords about raising a serious concern about a landlord.

Stirling MSP Evelyn Tweed has called for a fundamental shift in the Scottish Housing Regulator’s (SHR) use of informal interventions, arguing that the practice lacks transparency, sits outside the statutory framework, and is detrimental to effective housing regulation in Scotland. During a det

The Scottish Housing Regulator's chair, Gary Coutts, charts the latest regular meeting with the systemically important landlord group to discuss important issues in social housing. We welcomed everyone to the second of two gatherings this year of the systemically important (SI) landlord group. This

The finances of Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) have been described as "generally stable", although concerns have been raised regarding continued financial pressures. 

Reidvale Housing Association has welcomed confirmation from the Scottish Housing Regulator that it has returned to compliant regulatory status.

Scottish Housing Regulator board member Helen Trouten Torres details the November in-person meeting of the Tenants Together (Scotland) Liaison Group. The meeting opened with a Q&A session featuring SHR chair Garry Coutts and chief executive Michael Cameron. This provided members with an opportun

The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published a summary of the risks it will focus on in its annual risk assessment of social landlords. The Regulator’s annual risk assessment is one of the main ways it works to safeguard and promote the interests of tenants and service users. It helps th