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.
SFHA has written to the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning Kevin Stewart MSP, to follow up on our recent meeting with Scottish Government officials regarding the proposed extension of Freedom of Information legislation to RSLs and their subsidiaries. SFHA met with officials from the FOI Unit and housing divisions of Scottish Government on 22 November.
SFHA asked for feedback from its practitioner forums on the Scottish Housing Regulator's initial proposals on revised Charter Indicators. SFHA and a small group of volunteers from the forums met with the SHR to discuss these further.
The SHR has launched its formal consultation on the Regulatory Framework. The SHR is seeking responses by Friday 14 December 2018.
Following the enactment of the Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2018, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) confirmed on Friday 28 September that housing associations and co-operatives in Scotland have been reclassified as private.
SFHA is setting up a Chairs' Forum, and is seeking volunteers to be a part of this. The group is open to all Chairs and aspiring Chairs of housing associations and co-operatives in SFHA membership.
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.
Regulations will go before a plenary vote in Parliament on the evening of 18 September.
In February 2019, the Scottish Government laid a draft order to Scottish Parliament – extending the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2019 to some of the functions of RSLs and their subsidiaries. The order will take effect on 11 November 2019. An SFHA briefing on the content of the order is now available to all SFHA members.
In September 2018, SFHA published Governing Body Member Succession Planning and Recruitment Guidance. As a companion piece to this publication, SFHA is delighted to make available Senior Staff Succession Planning guidance for its members.
The regulator used its statutory powers to direct the transfer in November last year after 70% of Kincardine’s tenants, who responded to an independent consultation, were in favour of the move.
Two new Non-Executive Directors, Jo Boaden and Bryan Duncan join Wheatley.
The Scottish Government has announced the new standards for fire and smoke alarms, which housing associations have until February 2021 to comply with.
The Energy Saving Trust is just one of a variety of membership bodies that has pledged support for a campaign by SELECT, the electrotechnical trade association, to recognise electricians as a profession.
A Scottish Parliament Working Group has published its interim recommendations to tackle concerns about disrepair in tenements in mixed ownership.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is asking for views from the housing sector as it prepares to complete its consultation in February.
