Scottish Housing Regulator

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published the areas of risk it will focus on in its annual risk assessment. The Regulator will continue to focus on good services for tenants and well-governed Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) that manage resources to ensure their financial well-being.

Simon Little Scottish Housing Regulator Board member Simon Little paid tribute to the commitment of active tenants in social housing during the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) annual conference on Saturday.

Christine Macleod A new poster has been published to raise awareness of the standards that are expected to be delivered for Gypsy/Travellers who use sites provided by social landlords.

Michael Cameron The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a report looking back on landlord performance against the Scottish Social Housing Charter’s first three years.

Ian Brennan Most registered social landlords (RSLs) remain in good financial health, but the sector is facing new challenges, the Scottish Housing Regulator told a gathering of RSL finance professionals.

Kirsty Wells A report from the Scottish Housing Regulator highlighting how important it is for social landlords to consult with their tenants annually on rent levels has been welcomed by HouseMark Scotland.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a report highlighting how important it is for social landlords to consult with their tenants annually on rent levels. The report is a result of an inquiry carried out to find out how social landlords go about consulting their tenants about proposed rent i

Kay Blair The Scottish Housing Regulator has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2015/16 highlighting its work to protect the interests of tenants, homeless people and others who use social landlords’ services.

Muirhouse Housing Association has made “significant improvement” following the appointment of statutory manager and is now in a much stronger position to continue that improvement, according to a new report by the Scottish Housing Regulator. The Regulator’s account of its intervention in Muirh

Michael Cameron The Scottish Housing Regulator said it will work constructively to deal with any challenges which may arise from forthcoming legislation which could see a reduction in its powers.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published the list of potential statutory managers it will draw from when it needs to appoint a manager to a landlord. The Regulator can use statutory powers to appoint a manager if serious risks to tenants’ interests and service users have been identified.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has updated its factsheet about Significant Performance Failures (SPFs) to make it as helpful as possible for tenants. The factsheet explains to tenants how they can identify and report an SPF to the Regulator. It also includes a step by step guide on what the Regulato

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is to announce its decision on the classification of housing associations in Scotland on September 29. Registered social landlords (RSLs) north of the Border are currently regarded as private bodies for accounting purposes, though the classification is unders

Christine Macleod The Scottish Housing Regulator has highlighted the importance of social landlords being open and accessible about their services and decision-making.

Scottish social landlords are continuing to perform well across almost all of the standards and outcomes of the Scottish Social Housing Charter with nine out of ten tenants satisfied with the homes and services their landlord provides, a new report has found. The national analysis of landlords’ pe