Following its discussion paper issued earlier in 2023, the SHR has published a formal consultation paper, requesting views on its Regulatory Framework. The SHR is seeking views by 15 December, with a view to publishing a final version of the Framework in February 2024 (coming into force in April 2024). An SFHA briefing, summarising the key proposed changes included within the paper and its appendices, is now available.
An action note of the 28 September 2023 SFHA Governance Forum meeting is now available.
The agenda for the next Governance Forum meeting is available now. The next meeting will take place on Thursday 28 September 2023 via Zoom.
The SHR has shared a draft of its upcoming asset management guidance with SFHA for comment. SFHA has shared the draft with our Building Safety and Property Maintenance Forum for comment. The deadline for comments has been extended to midday on Friday 13 January 2023.
SFHA has provided members with some further suggested template wording for use in the Annual Assurance Statement. The wording can be used in respect of Electrical Inspection Certificate Reports (EICRs) when access has not been possible due to the pandemic.
SFHA is keen to explore additional methods to directly reach governing body members (GBMs). Their views would greatly benefit our consultation responses and much of the guidance we produce as part of our Get Governance offering would be enhanced with more GBM input. To this end, we are looking to gauge interest in SFHA forming a forum specifically for GBMs. This would be similar to the Governance Forum in format.
SFHA guidance looking at digital governance is now available to all SFHA members. This is the next piece in SFHA's Get Governance series and we commissioned Linda Ewart to develop the document on our behalf. Please note that this guidance does not look at the technological side of digital governance, but instead focuses on ensuring governance remains effective even when meetings etc are not in the same room. This piece of work brings together and updates a lot of the guidance SFHA produced during Covid in this area.
As part of our Get Governance offering to members, we are keen to establish mechanisms to enable SFHA to refer members to sources of support when they need it the most. To this end, we are seeking volunteers to populate a list that we can draw upon should we be contacted by an SFHA member seeking support.
Ross Kilshaw and Hannah MacLeod have joined the board at Eildon Housing Association.
Get to know SFHA's Board members - this week we spoke with SFHA's Chair Douglas Mackie.
First elected as Chair in 2021, Linda has been a Board member at the Association since 2015 and also serves as a Director with Kingdom’s subsidiary, Kingdom Support & Care, since 2018.
The Scottish Housing Regulator is inviting tenants, landlords, and others with an interest in its work to reply to its consultation by 15 December.
Hillcrest lays bare its environmental, social and corporate commitments and puts its best foot forward in leading change in inaugural report
The SFHA has responded to the Scottish Government's questionnaire on rented sector reforms.
Information is being requested as part of work across the public sector by 31 October.
The Scottish Housing Regulator is strengthening the cyber resilience of the secure password-protected area that social landlords use to submit data returns and notifiable events.
