The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published its report on the outcome of its statutory intervention at Fairfield Housing Association. The intervention began in November 2018 when the Regulator used its statutory powers to appoint a manager and seven members to Fairfield’s governing
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Hanover Scotland has temporarily changed its Annual Assurance Statement status to working towards compliance after it identified failures to comply with its tenant and resident safety duties. Customer safety compliance includes issues such as fire risk assessments, electrical safety i
The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has welcomed the findings of independent research on its communications with stakeholders. The research findings show that stakeholders generally find the range of communication methods SHR uses useful. Almost all (99%) said its publications, and website (96%) we
Financial projections for Scotland's Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) show aggregate financial performance should remain robust over the next five years however RSLs also continue to face a very challenging operating context, a new report by the Scottish Housing Regulator has found.
The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published an updated engagement plan for Calvay Housing Association in which it concludes that the landlord is working "constructively and openly" towards compliance with the regulatory standards of governance and financial management.
Fife Council has begun a review of its approach to tackling dampness/condensation and black mould within its housing stock.
The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published a summary of the risks that it will focus on in its next annual risk assessment. The main areas the Regulator will focus on are homelessness, landlord performance in delivering services, quality of homes, tenant and resident safety, the development
The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published the Annual Assurance Statements submitted by social landlords at the end of October.
The Scottish Housing Regulator has established two groups to act as standing forums of senior people from Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) to discuss regularly with it important issues in social housing in Scotland. The Regulator invited senior officers of all RSLs to express an interest in joinin
North Lanarkshire Council's housing service is performing above the Scottish average in key areas, including providing value for money rents and a high level of repairs service when compared alongside other Scottish Landlords.
The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has written to all social landlords to confirm that there will be no change to ARC (Annual Return on the Charter) indicators following the publication of the updated Scottish Social Housing Charter by the Scottish Government. Last week, the Scottish Governme
The scale of the challenges facing landlords is "unprecedented" and most landlords are or will incur "significant" new costs at a time when tenants are dealing with real financial pressure, the Scottish Housing Regulator said this week. The Regulator’s speech at yesterday’s Scottish Fede
The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a new report on its analysis of Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) annual loan portfolio returns for the period April 2021 to March 2022.
The Scottish Housing Regulator has said it recognises the increased challenges faced by landlords in delivering net zero, particularly those operating in rural areas and the islands. Speaking at the Scottish Rural and Islands Conference held last week in Glencoe, the Regulator’s deputy ch
The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has written to social landlords to provide advice relating to the developing policy position on rent increases. Last week the Scottish Government introduced emergency legislation to bring in a cap on increases in rents at 0% until the end of March 2023 for h