Scottish Housing Regulator

George Walker Scottish social landlords continue to show strong performance across most of the standards and outcomes of the Scottish Social Housing Charter, a new Scottish Housing Regulator report has found.

Wilma Strang A care worker has resigned from her position as vice-chair at Wellhouse Housing Association after being struck off by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) for assaulting an elderly resident at a care home.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has used its statutory powers to appoint a manager to Thistle Housing Association after an independent review identified failures to meet regulatory standards of governance and financial management. Five statutory appointments have also been made to the Association’s

The Scottish Housing Regulator is to engage with Abertay Housing Association to gain assurance about its governance and financial management, its planned development programme and its medium term financial position. The Regulator has been engaging with Abertay about a number of notifiable events whi

Improvements to housing and homelessness services across West Dunbartonshire Council have been recognised by the Scottish Housing Regulator. The body described the council as a “self-aware” organisation and as a result of the progress made, the service will no longer face scrutiny from the regul

Christine Macleod The Scottish Housing Regulator’s longest-serving staff member, Christine Macleod, has announced her retirement.

Glasgow City Council has responded to criticism of the long waiting times taken to find homes for people who are homeless in the city with a new action plan to streamline processes. Homelessness officers have been working closely with the Scottish Housing Regulator and partners to speed up case asse

Brenda Higgins Wishaw and District Housing Association (WDHA) is to formally consult tenants on plans to merge with another housing association following a strategic review of the organisation.

The Scottish Housing Regulator is to consult with tenants of Kincardine Housing Co-operative over its proposals to transfer the Co-operative to another registered social landlord. The move follows a period of statutory intervention by the Regulator when independent investigations identified serious

Michael Cameron Scottish Housing Regulator chief executive, Michael Cameron, on recent discussions about the Annual Assurance Statement.

Christine Macleod A report highlighting the importance of easy access to homelessness services information for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness has been published by the Scottish Housing Regulator.

Michael Cameron Recommendations to eradicate rough sleeping and end homelessness from the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group have been welcomed by the Scottish Housing Regulator.

Experiences of people who have used local authorities’ homelessness services have been explored in new research from the Scottish Housing Regulator. The findings, which form part of the feedback from the Regulator’s National Panel of tenants and service users, give an insight into makes a differ

Lisa Peebles Tenant voice and landlord self-assurance were the focus of the Regulator’s opening session at the Tenant Information Service (TIS) national conference in Cumbernauld earlier this month.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has today launched a consultation on its draft British Sign Language (BSL) Plan, as required by the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015. The plan sets out how the Regulator will ensure that BSL users can easily engage with it, and how it will make information acc