Scottish Housing Regulator

The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published its report on the outcome of its statutory intervention at Wishaw & District Housing Association.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has updated its advice to support governing bodies during the pandemic to reflect the lifting of restrictions on public gatherings and the arrangements for AGMs and SGMs. The advice comes after relevant issues have been raised with the Regulator by RSLs and will be upd

Forth Housing Association has been "slow in providing some information" regarding two independent investigations into potential failures of governance and internal financial control, according to the Scottish Housing Regulator. In an updated engagement plan for Forth Housing Asso

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has written to all social landlords to highlight advice from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on gas safety. Following a recent review, both organisations are keen to highlight the importance for social landlords of an effective management system f

Nine out of ten tenants remain satisfied with the quality of the homes and services their landlord provides, the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) revealed today as it published its eighth National Report on the Scottish Social Housing Charter.    The report gives the headlin

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has written to the Scottish Parliament's local government, housing and planning committee after the committee asked its stakeholders to provide information on their work and priorities over the summer. In its response, the Regulator provided detail on the fi

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has paid tribute to its "friend and colleague" following the passing of Mark McKeown. In a message on its website, SHR said Mark was a "respected and valued member" of its team.

The Social Housing Resilience Group (SHRG) has published a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social landlords in Scotland. Using data social landlords provided to the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) each month during 2020/21, the report aims to help build as full a picture as possibl

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published a new guide to support social landlords with equalities data collection. The guide has been developed in collaboration with the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA), Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) and

The number of households currently living in temporary accommodation in Scotland has marginally decreased since March 2021 while social landlord levels have remained stable, according to figures from the Scottish Housing Regulator. The first quarterly dashboard report covering the period 1 April 202

New research into the impact of Covid-19 on members of the Scottish Housing Regulator's National Panel of Tenants and Service Users has found that a large majority of respondents felt that the pandemic has affected their landlord’s services and has also had a negative impact on their

The Scottish Housing Regulator has written to all social landlords to give advice to support them to prepare their Annual Assurance Statements. The Statements are due in the Regulator by October 31.

Scottish Ministers have today announced that Scottish Housing Regulator chair, George Walker, along with board members Siobhan White, Andrew Watson and Bob Gil have all been appointed for a second term. George, Siobhan and Andrew have been appointed for a further four years each and Bob for two year

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has written to all social landlords to advise them of the information it will ask them to submit in the quarterly returns on the impact of COVID-19. The new quarterly returns replace the monthly returns which social landlords have been submitting since March last

Most registered social landlords (RSLs) have coped well over the last year with the short term financial impacts of the pandemic, according to a new report published by the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR).  However, the report has warned that RSLs need to plan to respond to future financial ri