Why we are engaging with Highland Council (Highland)
We are engaging with Highland about its tenant and resident safety.
A significant number of Highland’s tenants’ homes do not fully comply with electrical safety requirements, which came into force in early 2022 and form part of the Scottish Housing Quality Standard. Highland is progressing inspections to provide Electrical Installation Condition Reports in all of its tenants’ homes.
We are engaging with Highland to monitor its progress in completing this outstanding work as quickly as possible and maintaining future compliance.
What Highland must do
Highland must:
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complete the outstanding electrical safety work as quickly as possible; and
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provide monthly updates on progress on achieving compliance with electrical safety requirements. Each update should include the latest projected timescale for achieving full compliance.
What we will do
We will:
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review Highland's progress with its plan to achieve and maintain compliance with electrical safety requirements and engage as necessary; and
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update our published engagement plan in the light of any material change to our planned engagement with Highland.
Regulatory Returns
Highland must provide us with the following annual regulatory returns:
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Annual Assurance Statement; and
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Annual Return on the Charter.
It should also notify us of any material changes to its Annual Assurance Statement, and any tenant and resident safety matter which has been reported to or is being investigated by the Health and Safety Executive or reports from regulatory or statutory authorities or insurance providers, relating to safety concerns.