A new report from the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has noted the progress being made by Calvay Housing Association as the landlord continues to work towards compliance with the regulatory standards of governance and financial management.
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Scottish Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) have shown resilience, securing £578 million in new financing and maintaining the confidence of both lenders and investors, but the sector continues to face significant challenges, the Scottish Housing Regulator has said.
The Scottish Housing Regulator has written to social landlords to request comprehensive information about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) to help provide a clear national assessment of its use in social housing in Scotland and to assist in the development of an appropriate p
The Scottish Housing Regulator has launched a public consultation, seeking opinions on its upcoming strategies for supervising social housing practices in Scotland. With a submission deadline set for 15 December, the initiative encourages feedback from tenants, landlords, and other stakeholders, emp
The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) is strengthening the cyber resilience of the secure password-protected area that social landlords use to submit data returns and notifiable events.
Bridgewater Housing Association has improved its policies and procedures relating to tenant safety after it identified issues with its gas servicing programme. The Association self-referred to the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) when a change of contractor led to 36 of its properties not being
Work carried out by the Scottish Housing Regulator during 2022/23 to safeguard and promote the interests of tenants, people who are homeless, and others who use the services of social landlords has been highlighted in a new report. Newly published annual report and accounts for 2022/23 revealed that
The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) is engaging with Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association as it seeks to comply with three regulatory standards and other regulatory requirements. In a new engagement plan for the association, the Regulator said it engaged with Lochalsh & Skye in Septembe
Scottish Housing Regulator vice chair Andrew Watson summarises the August meeting of the Regulator's Rural and Islands Landlord group. Last month we met with the standing group which brings together senior leaders from Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) that operate primarily in rural areas and the
Scottish Housing Regulator board member Marieke Dwarshuis shares the deatils from the latest meeting of its urban landlord group. We meet regularly with three standing groups of senior people from Registered Social Landlords to discuss important and topical issues in social housing in Scotland. Take
North Lanarkshire Council has ensured its tenants and residents have improved access to housing information by signing the Scottish Housing Regulator’s Assurance Statement.
The performance of social landlords against the standards and outcomes of the Scottish Social Housing Charter has continued to show positive signs despite the impact of ongoing challenges facing them and their tenants, the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) said today. Publishing findings from its&nbs
CIH Scotland has published its response to the Scottish Housing Regulator's (SHR) call for views on the regulatory framework with a concern that prioritising regulatory focus could hamper the ability of social landlords to have a flexible approach to meeting the needs of tenants.
Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay spent half an hour with the Regulator chatting about dampness and mould, tenant participation, homelessness, small RSLs, big landlords helping little landlords, the private sector and meeting the net zero challenge.
The current framework for regulating social landlords in Scotland was introduced in 2019. Since then, tragic incidents here in the UK and worldwide events have changed how RSLs are expected to operate, possibly forever. So in this episode, we’re asking whether the way RSLs are regulated should