The SHR has provided SFHA with a tracked changes version of their revised Notifiable Events guidance. This shows all of the changes as compared to the previous version.
Summary of events and developments for housing management colleagues across Scotland.
Summary of events and developments for housing management colleagues across Scotland.
The SHR has launched its formal consultation on the Regulatory Framework. The SHR is seeking responses by Friday 14 December 2018.
Joyce Orr - Director of Pineview Housing Association, SFHA Board member and GWSF member - outlines her experience of the SHR’s Regulatory Framework Review so far in the below article. Joyce has played an active role in both the SHR’s Working Group and SFHA’s Regulatory Sounding Board.
The Scottish Government has consulted on proposed changes to building standards, including plans to require fire sprinklers in all new build flats. SFHA consulted widely with members before responding.
Since SFHA's last blog update, there has been another meeting of the SHR's Working Group and a meeting of the SFHA Regulation Sounding Board. At both of these meetings, an update was provided by the SHR about the content of the forthcoming formal consultation.
Following the Grenfell tragedy there has been an increased focus on fire safety in buildings. The Scottish Government plans to introduce higher standards for fire and smoke alarms in existing homes. It has also opened a consultation on fire safety in building standards.
Sawyer, a revolutionary collaborative robot pioneered by Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, has kindly offered to welcome delegates to SFHA’s Innovations Factory event, which takes place on 22 January in Glasgow.
The magazine is aiming that the ideas, inspirations and good practices shared at the Responsible Housing Awards will shape the development of the housing of the future.
The SFHA Procurement Conference, taking place on the 13 February at the DoubleTree by Hilton, will hear about a major change to public procurement – the launch of the Scottish Government's Construction Manual.
Finnish future living expert, Kimmo Rönkä, is to open the Innovations Factory event on 22 January to talk about how social housing will change over the next few decades.
“Attending the SFHA Development & Procurement conference provides us the opportunity to stay abreast of all the latest information in the sector and the issues impacting our clients,” says Gail Galbraith, group marketing manager at McTaggart Group.
SFHA is running new legal training on Evictions - Anti-Social Behaviour and Other Grounds, delivered in partnership with TC Young.
The programme for this year’s SFHA Development & Procurement Conferences taking place on the 12 & 13 of February in Glasgow has now been announced.
CCG (Scotland) Ltd, the construction and manufacturing company, has been announced as the headline sponsor for SFHA’s Housing Innovation Factory event taking place on 22 January.
