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The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a summary of the risks it will focus on in its 2024/25 risk assessment of social landlords.

The EHA has published its budget briefing in advance of the Scottish Budget 2025-26.

The Scottish Government has published the draft bill itended to support reduction in the prison population.

Scotland's Housing Network are seeking expressions of interest from RSLs who wish to pilot the Housing Options Training Toolkit.

The Scottish Government's Equality and Human Rights Mainstreaming Strategy consultation went live on 30th October. It will close on 5th February 2025.

This official statistics publication provides data on the number, type and decision times of planning applications made to Scottish Planning Authorities during 2023/24.

Regulator publishes update on RAAC in social housing

East Lothian Council declares Affordable Housing Emergency.

Quarter 2 2024 progress reports on the social housing net zero heat fund.

Information on housing options services in Scotland in the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls for permanent link of housing beenfits to private rents.

The latest provisional statistics from the UK HPI show that the average price of a property in Scotland in August 2024 was £200,000.

Rural Housing Scotland (RHS), the charity dedicated to supporting Scotland’s rural communities in securing affordable local housing, is set to close its doors after over 20 years of service.

GWSF research highlights that community-based housing associations are finding it increasingly challenging to support new tenants due to extreme pressures on the Scottish Welfare Fund.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published its annual report and accounts for 2023/24.

Changes to the UC Landlord Portal will be made shortly.

CACHE launch a new report that takes a systems-thinking approach to understanding the price of electricity in the UK .

Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN) have published their first report on the Scottish Private Rented Sector.

The Housing Options Training Toolkit has been shortlisted for a CIH Scotland Award.

The SHR has published its thematic review of the provision of British Sign Language services by social landlords in Scotland.

Information on the Regulator's forthcoming consultation on revised Charter Indicators.

Care and Repair Scotland are recruiting for an interim National Director. This would be an excellent secondment opportunity for someone working within the Private Sector area.

SHN’s Data and Benchmarking Tools have now been updated with the SHR dataset for 2023/24, Using these Tools members can now compare their organisation’s performance to any other landlord in Scotland.

Scottish Enterprise has announced the five projects to be funded through their Can Do Green Heat Retrofit Innovation Challenge.