The Scottish Housing Regulator today published two new documents setting out its continued commitment to children’s rights and to people with Care Experience.
The Children’s Rights Report sets out what the Regulator did during the past three years and what it will do during 2026-2029 to support Children’s Rights. It also sets out information on the Regulator’s role in relation to monitoring the implementation of social landlords’ duties not to act incompatibly with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) requirements.
The Corporate Parenting Plan sets out what the Regulator did over the past three years and what it will do during 2026-2029 in its role as a Corporate Parent, supporting people with Care Experience.
Helen Shaw, Director of Regulation, said:
“We have a number of duties and obligations towards children and young people and those who are Care Experienced. The plans we have published today set out how we will meet our children’s rights and corporate parenting responsibilities, supporting improvements for children and young people and those with care experience.
“Our thanks go to the young people who took part in workshops to provide feedback on our Children’s Rights Report and Corporate Parenting Plan and to the organisation Who Cares? Scotland for facilitating the workshops and providing feedback.”
The Regulator has also produced summary versions of both reports to provide a shorter, more accessible overview.
Read our reports and summary versions:
Children’s Rights Report 2026-2029
Corporate Parenting Plan 2026–2029
Notes to editors
- 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 seven Board members. More information about the Regulator can be found on its website at www.housingregulator.gov.scot
- SHR sets out how it regulates social landlords in its published framework – Regulation of Social Housing in Scotland.
- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 places a duty on public authorities, including the Scottish Housing Regulator, not to act incompatibly with the UNCRC requirements.
- Organisations subject to the UNCRC Act requirements who act incompatibly with the UNCRC could breach the Regulatory Framework and engage the Regulator’s monitoring role.
- Under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, the Regulator is designated as a Corporate Parent and is required to publish a report every three years to explain how it fulfils its duties in relation to people with Care Experience.