The schedule of meetings for the SFHA Governance Forum up until June 2024 is now available.
The agenda for the 23 June meeting of the SFHA Governance Forum is now available.
The SHR has launched the first stage of its review ot the regulatory framework. It has issued a discussion paper, available on the SHR website here: SHR discussion paper Responses are due by 11 August 2023, and SFHA is seeking input from members to its response.
UK Government is currently considering the Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill. SFHA has submitted a brief response. SFHA commissioned TC Young to produce a briefing on the contents of the Bill for SFHA members, to highlight those areas most relevant to RSLs.
Uk Government is currently seeking views on the Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill. The Bill is currently at Committee stage, so there may be changes to what is proposed by the Bill depending on its progress through Parliament. The expected deadline for comment is 13 June and SFHA will be submitting a brief response. SFHA has commissioned TC Young to produce a briefing on the contents of the Bill for SFHA members, to highlight those areas most relevant to RSLs.
A report outlining the key findings and recommendations of SHR's regulatory framework in practice research is now available to all SFHA members. SFHA commissioned Altair in February to produce the report, which will now be used to inform our response to the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR)'s upcoming review of its regulatory framework.
SFHA is delighted to publish the second briefing in the “Putting Safety First” series. It has been developed by Campbell Tickell on behalf of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) in partnership with the Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO) and Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH). We also gratefully acknowledge the support for this work from the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR). This briefing note expands on a webinar Campbell Tickell delivered in March 2023 which was aimed at governing body members of RSLs.
The action note of the SFHA Governance Forum meeting that took place on Thursday 16 March 2023 is now available.
In her blog, SFHA Policy Lead Eileen McMullan looks at the Scottish Housing Regulator's recent report: Homelessness services in Scotland: A thematic review - February 2023.
The report highlights that councils are making considerable efforts in very challenging circumstances to deliver effective services and some have had success in moving toward an approach with rapid rehousing at its centre.
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is seeking to commission a suitably qualified and impartial consultant to undertake research looking at the Scottish Housing Regulator’s (SHR) Regulatory Framework, and how effectively it works in practice for the housing association sector.
SFHA has partnered with Edinburgh Napier University following the success of last year's cohort to offer a limited number of free places on its online 10-week ‘Leadership in Board Governance’ course to members.
The report is an overview of the RSL sector’s financial plans as of May 2022 for the next five years.
Donna Bogdanovic joined the Melville Board in 2017 and has been a valuable member over the past five years.
First elected as Chair in 2021, Linda Leslie has been a board member at the association since 2015 and serves on Kingdom’s Policy Committee as well as being a Director with Kingdom’s subsidiary, Kingdom Support & Care, since 2018.
Cathie Fancy takes up the role from Dave Alexander who stepped down after nine years on the Eildon Board. She retired from a career in housing in 2018, having worked in a range of senior posts in both the university sector and local government.
