Regulator publishes new information on Coronavirus impact on social landlords

Updated

27 May 2020

The Scottish Housing Regulator today published a new monthly dashboard report to help understand the impact of the Coronavirus on social landlords and to support the work of the Social Housing Resilience Group.

All social landlords provide the Regulator with a monthly return of a small set of key measures that focus on the main areas of impact on landlords’ operations.

The published dashboard is now available on the Regulator’s website. The dashboard presents data on landlords’ staff absence levels, the number of staff placed on furlough, rent arrears and housing lets. The dashboard also includes data on local authorities homelessness applications and offers.

Landlords are due to submit the next monthly return for May on 8th June.

The Regulator has committed to continue to work closely with the Social Housing Resilience Group to monitor the impact of the pandemic on landlords.

View the dashboard here.

Notes to editors

  1.  The Scottish Housing Regulator was established on 1 April 2011 under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010. Its objective is to safeguard and promote the interests of tenants and others who use local authority and RSL housing services. The Regulator operates independently of Scottish Ministers and is accountable directly to the Scottish Parliament. It assumed its full regulatory responsibilities on 1 April 2012. The Regulator consists of the Chair and six Board members. More information about the Regulator can be found on its website at housingregulator.gov.scot
  2. SHR sets out how it regulates social landlords in its published framework – Regulation of Social Housing in Scotland.

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