SFHA is to publish guidance on the Section 11 process, which is the product of a collaboration between Housing Associations and Local Authorities in the North of Scotland.
We recently surveyed members about communications with the Scottish Information Commissioner relating to subsidiaries. Many thanks to all of those who responded, and we have since met with the Scottish Information Commissioner and written to Scottish Government regarding the application of the act to care subsidiaries in particular.
By Darron Brown, Chair of Wellhouse Housing Association.
The project is run by Wheatley Care, part of Wheatley Group, a housing, property management and care organisation.
Local authority arrears have also decreased, and at an aggregate level, rent arrears are at their lowest since May 2020.
Quarterly briefing for SFHA members, produced in partnership with Homeless Network Scotland
SFHA's Housing Changes Lives campaign is highlighting why it’s vital that all political parties commit to investing in the social housing sector because of the impact that housing associations' and co-operatives' homes and services have on tenants' lives.
SFHA’s new policy lead, Eileen McMullan joined the organisation at the end of last month. She will play a lead role in representing members’ housing-related interests in health, social care and homelessness, housing with care and support and social security. Here she looks at the implications for housing of the Feeley Independent Review of Adult Social Care.
The report is designed to help the Scottish Government and social landlords to understand the continuing impact of the Coronavirus pandemic and to support the work of the Social Housing Resilience Group.
Jim Strang will join Irvine Housing Association’s board in August 2021, with a view to taking on the role of chair in September.
