SHR sets out the risks it will focus on in its annual risk assessment 2024
3 December 2024
The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a summary of the risks it will focus on in its 2024/25 risk assessment of social landlords.
Thre borad areas the SHR will consider are as follows:
- Homelessness – How councils deliver services for people who are threatened with, or experiencing, homelessness. This includes providing people who need it with suitable temporary accommodation.
- Performance in delivering services – How councils and RSLs deliver services for their tenants and other service users, and meet the standards and outcomes from the Scottish Government’s Social Housing Charter. This will also include how landlords that provide Gypsy/Travellers sites ensure they achieve the Scottish Government’s minimum site standards and fire safety requirements for Gypsy/Traveller sites.
- Development – How RSLs manage the impact on their finances of any plans for building new homes.
- Quality of homes – How councils and RSLs ensure that the homes they provide to tenants meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS), and whether they have a good understanding of the condition of those homes.
- Tenant and resident safety – How councils and RSLs meet their statutory obligations on tenant and resident safety.
- Financial health of RSLs – How financially healthy RSLs are and how well they manage their money with a focus on financial planning and compliance with Regulatory Standard 3.
- Good governance of RSLs – How well RSLs are run with a focus on compliance with Regulatory Standards.
The full report is available here.