The Scottish Housing Regulator today published a summary of the risks it will focus on in its annual risk assessment of social landlords.
The Regulator’s annual risk assessment is one of the main ways it works to safeguard and promote the interests of tenants and service users. It helps the Regulator decide whether it needs any further information or assurance from landlords and where landlords may need to improve.
This year, the Regulator will focus on the quality and safety of the homes social landlords provide for their tenants, and the services they provide to Gypsy/Travellers and people who are or could become homeless. It will also focus on good governance and the financial health of RSLs.
John Jellema, Assistant Director of Regulation, said:
“Social landlords have a vital role in providing warm, safe affordable homes for people who need them. Cost of living pressures continue to affect tenants on a day-to-day basis and it’s important that social landlords continue to engage with their tenants and use that feedback to shape the services they provide. At the same time, landlords are facing a challenging environment with continuing pressures on costs and the need to maintain their existing homes as well as provide new homes to meet demand.
“Our risk assessment will consider all of the risks associated with these challenges and we will publish the outcomes from this, including updated engagement plans for all social landlord setting out the engagement we will have with them.”
Notes to editors
- The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) 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 seven board members. More information about the Regulator can be found on its website at housingregulator.gov.scot
- SHR sets out how it currently regulates social landlords in its published framework – Regulation of Social Housing in Scotland.