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Scottish Housing Regulator publishes social landlords Annual Assurance Statements
The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published the Annual Assurance Statements submitted by social landlords at the end of October. The Regulator requires all social landlords to submit a Statement each year to confirm that they meet regulatory standards and requirements or to set out how they will address any areas of non-compliance. Michael Cameron,…
TPAS helps Aberdeen City Council tenants and residents consider the future of their homes
As part of their tenant and residents’ improvement strategy, Aberdeen City Council engaged the services of TPAS Scotland in Spring 2023 to consult with tenants and residents living in 8 city centre tower blocks across the city. The aim of this consultation was to understand what tenants and residents liked about the accommodation, what they…
Designing Innovative, Adaptable, Smarter Homes
Professors Alison Bowes, Vikki McCall, and Alasdair Rutherford in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Stirling will be giving a talk and workshop at this year’s TPAS Housing Professionals Conference exploring how we can design homes to support us all as we get older. They will introduce the ambitious UKRI-funded research project, Designing…
Consultation on regulation of social housing in Scotland
Scotland’s regulatory authority for social housing has unveiled their consultation on the future of social housing regulation. Drawing from extensive stakeholder feedback, the proposal emphasises the need for landlords to provide explicit assurances in their Annual Assurance Statement. It also advocates for heightened landlord-tenant communication and clear compliance standards. The final framework, based on this…
Housing Regulator strengthens security of social landlord portal
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. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has recently been introduced as a requirement of the Cyber Essentials Plus scheme and the Regulator is now implementing this for its social landlord portal, which allows…
Housing Regulator publishes annual report and accounts for 2022/23
The Scottish Housing Regulator today published its annual report and accounts for 2022/23. The report highlights the work the Regulator did during 2022/23 to safeguard and promote the interests of tenants, people who are homeless, and others who use the services of social landlords. During 2023/23, the Regulator focused its work on its priorities around…
NETRALT and NTP join forces to inspire partnership projects
Two tenant participation groups, North East Tenants, Residents and Landlords Together (NETRALT) and the newly established Northern Tenants Partnership (NTP), joined forces to host their first interactive virtual session centred around the theme of “Working in Partnership.” The event targeted tenants, residents, community groups and staff across Scotland, bringing together a diverse range of voices…
Calvay Tenants’ Day – Saturday 16th September
TPAS were out and about on 16th September, as New TPAS members, Calvay HA hosted a tenants’ day to celebrate the re-opening of the Calvay Centre. Eveline and Tony were chatting to Calvay tenants about becoming more involved and about how they can engage with Calvay to shape the community’s housing future. Residents attending…
Scottish Housing Day 2023
TPAS Scotland were really pleased to support Scottish Housing Day again this year. We had a great online session on 13th September exploring learning options to enhance careers in social housing with Julie-Ann Cloherty, Learning and Development Officer from SHARE; and our own TPAS Associate, Helen Barton. We explored how training, modern apprenticeships, CIH qualifications and…
Scottish Housing Day 2023 celebrates housing as a career
The importance of housing as a career is the focus for this year’s Scottish Housing Day which takes place today, Wednesday 13 September 2023. Scottish Housing Day is an annual event which aims to raise awareness of the challenges and successes in Scotland’s housing sector, as well as encouraging the sector and members of…
Scottish Housing Regulator opens recruitment to its list of statutory managers
The Scottish Housing Regulator has today opened recruitment to its list of statutory managers. The Regulator will draw from the list if it needs to appoint a statutory manager to a social landlord. The Regulator can take action to appoint a statutory manager where it identifies serious risks to tenants’ and service users…
Scottish Government’s 2023-2024 Programme for Government
The Scottish Government’s 2023-2024 Programme for Government has been published today. It sets out the actions that the Scottish Government will take in the coming year and beyond. You will see that it includes commitments for a Housing Bill to deliver a New Deal for Tenants – including the introduction of long-term rent controls and…
Stirling Tenants Assembly (STA) is a member of TPAS, and we are grateful for the support and advice which TPAS are always willing and able to provide. Last year our group had the benefit of training given by TPAS, particularly of use to newer members. The TPAS Annual Conference is an excellent learning opportunity. It is also a superb way to meet people from all areas of Scotland and to hear of their experiences with scrutiny and other activities. This is very helpful. TPAS keeps members continually aware of any events, training, study visits, etc. which members may find of interest.
Anna Johnston
Stirling Tenants Assembly
