Michael Cameron

All social landlords are required to submit a Statement each year to confirm that they meet regulatory standards and requirements or to set out how they will address any areas of non-compliance.

This year, the Regulator also asked landlords to provide specific assurance in their Statements about their compliance with their obligations in relation to tenant and resident safety.

Michael Cameron, chief executive at the Regulator, said: “Social landlords continue to operate in the most challenging context we’ve seen. Landlords face significant pressures including from cost increases, the cost of living crisis, and considerable uncertainty, for example about the future costs of de-carbonising their homes.

“The Scottish Government declared a housing emergency in May 2024 and in their Statements this year many local authority landlords again told us about the difficulties they face meeting their statutory duties in relation to homelessness including the requirement to provide temporary accommodation and breaches of the Unsuitable Accommodation Order.”

The Regulator said it will assess the Statements as part of its annual risk assessment, which will take account of the challenging context for landlords. It will publish the outcomes from the risk assessment in updated Engagement Plans for each landlord by the end of March 2025. This will include any changes to the regulatory status for RSLs.

Each Annual Assurance Statement can be found here.