Scottish Housing Regulator

The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published a report on the findings of its inquiry into Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Housing Options and Homeless Service. The regulator found that the council has significantly improved the service and is working more effectively with its Registered

Scottish Housing News (SHN) was in Glasgow yesterday to celebrate 25 years of Govan Law Centre and caught up with George Walker, chair of the Scottish Housing Regulator and Mike Dailly, principal solicitor of GLC. View our video below: 

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has highlighted the importance of a strong tenant voice to a national tenant conference. George Walker, SHR chair, and board member Helen Trouten Torres, were speaking at the Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland conference in St. Andrews.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published audited financial statements for 2018/19 for all Residential Social Landlords (RSLs).

Wishaw & District Housing Association has completed its transfer of engagements to Trust Housing Association following approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a summary of the risks it will focus on in its annual risk assessment. 

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a short guide to help tenants and service users find out more about its work.

Aberdeenshire Council has missed another deadline for meeting the Scottish Government’s minimum standards at one of its sites for Gypsy/Travellers but has delivered service improvements for people who are homeless.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has achieved Cyber Essentials Plus certification for its business intelligence system for the second year. 

Arklet Housing Association has completed its transfer its engagements to Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has updated its list of individuals it will select from when making statutory appointments to social landlords after an open selection process.

The financial performance of most registered social landlords (RSLs) remains strong, but challenges around increased arrears and voids as well as above-inflation rent increases remain a concern, the Scottish Housing Regulator has said. The Regulator’s director of regulation Ian Brennan was spe

The Scottish Housing Regulator is to visit ten landlords as part of a project that will result in it sharing lessons from the first round of landlord annual assurance statements. All RSLs and local authorities were required to submit an annual assurance statement by October 31 each year to confirm t

The Scottish Housing Regulator is to engage with two RSLs and seven local authorities that did not submit an annual assurance statement by the requested deadline.

Thistle Housing Association has decided to transfer its homes to another Registered Social Landlord (RSL) as the Scottish Housing Regulator continues to investigate a number of “serious failures” within its governance and financial management. In a new engagement plan for the landlord, t