Scottish Housing Regulator

The Scottish Housing Regulator has underlined the importance of RSL boards ensuring that the information they use to make decisions and oversee performance is accurate before they submit it to the Regulator. Michael Cameron, the Regulator’s chief executive, was speaking to chairs of RSLs at SH

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a summary of its planned programme for the following year in which it pledges to “keep tenants and service users at the heart of its work”. Highlights of the programme include a new three-year corporate plan and implementing its new Regulatory

A report into the outcome of statutory intervention at Ferguslie Park Housing Association has been published by the Scottish Housing Regulator.

The Scottish Housing Regulator’s intervention at Thistle Housing Association is to continue with the governing body now willing to work alongside the statutory appointments to address its governance non-compliance. The Regulator used its statutory powers to appoint a manager and

The Scottish Housing Regulator has launched an early version of a new website and is looking for feedback. The new site is in a test, or ‘beta’ phase, meaning that it is still work-in-progress.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA), Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF), the Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO), and the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) are to work together on the development of a Self-Assurance Toolkit.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has removed Kincardine Housing Co-operative from the register of social landlords following the transfer of its homes to Grampian Housing Association. The Regulator used its statutory powers to direct the transfer of assets of an RSL for the first time in November foll

Value for money, affordable rents and homelessness are among the priorities set out by the Scottish Housing Regulator for the next three years. Introducing its new Corporate Plan for 2019-22 today, the Regulator said it will also focus its resources on embedding its new Regulatory Framework, tenant

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has decided to end its statutory intervention at Dalmuir Park Housing Association (DPHA) after just 16 months. In December 2017, the Regulator placed the Association in high engagement due to serious misconduct, mismanagement and non-compliance with Regulatory St

The Scottish Housing Regulator today published an engagement plan for every social landlord across Scotland. This marks the first of the changes introduced under the new Regulatory Framework which went live today. The Regulator also published a summary of its engagement plans for social landlords th

Scottish Ministers have announced the appointment of three new members to the Board of the Scottish Housing Regulator. Helen Trouten Torres, Colin Stewart and Ewan Fraser will join the Regulator from April 1.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has extend the statutory appointment of a manager at Thistle Housing Association to allow the landlord more time to comply with governance and financial management standards. The Regulator used its statutory powers to appoint a manager and five appointee

Every Registered Social Landlord (RSL) in Scotland will be assigned a compliance status regarding its governance and financial viability under new plans unveiled by the Scottish Housing Regulator. Publishing its new Regulatory Framework and statutory guidance for social landlords today, the Reg

The Scottish Housing Regulator has written to all RSLs to underline the importance of compliance with Regulatory Standards in the context of uncertainty around Brexit. The Regulator’s letter highlights Regulatory Standard 3 which requires each RSL to manage its resources to ensure financial we

The Scottish Housing Regulator has been criticised for its role during the transfer of Kincardine Housing Co-operative (KHC) to Grampian Housing Association. The Regulator used its statutory powers to direct the transfer in November last year following a period of statutory intervention at KHC.