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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…
Social landlords are performing well despite the impact of challenges they face, Regulator reports
Social landlords continue to perform well against the standards and outcomes of the Scottish Social Housing Charter, despite the impact of ongoing challenges facing them and their tenants. This is the main finding from the Scottish Housing Regulator’s National Report on the Charter for 2022/23 which is published today. Landlords reported the ongoing impact from…
Working in housing is not just about the bricks and mortar
This year’s Scottish Housing Day is focused on ‘careers in housing’. Most people think that a career in housing is focused on the repairs and upkeep of the properties, whereas it is so much more. Careers span a wide range of roles from housing officers, housing assistants, housing advice officers, tenant participation officers, anti-social behaviour…
FREE membership of Housing Diversity Network
Is your housing organisation on the right track to improve how you support diversity? TPAS Scotland is working with Housing Diversity Network (HDN) to support housing organisations, local authorities, individuals and communities to address inequality and address diversity. HDN is offering all members of TPAS FREE standard membership of the network from now until…
TPAS Scotland helps Calvay Housing Associations tenants have their say in TP and scrutiny
Calvay Housing Association is a community led organisation based in Barlanark in the East End of Glasgow. Established in 1985, it was set up to support local residents and provide a good standard of affordable accommodation and support for tenants in their local area. We spoke with the new Wider Role Manager Ali Smith…
Is there a difference between Scrutiny and Tenant Participation?
We recently spoke to the team at TPAS Scotland to get their thoughts on whether tenant scrutiny and TP are the same thing? Tenant scrutiny has been around in tenant engagement for a long time but sometimes it’s not always clear where it comes into play. Tenant scrutiny gives tenants an active role in setting their…
Eveline Armour talks to us about why her new role is all about giving tenants a voice
We spoke with Eveline Armour recently about her new role here at TPAS Scotland. I joined the team in June as Development and Delivery Manager and it’s been a busy first few weeks! We’ve had the Annual Conference, the NGPA Awards, and I’ve been meeting lots of our members from all acrossScotland. Why did you…
Regulator’s report highlights positive practice in social landlords¡¦ Annual Assurance Statements
The Scottish Housing Regulator today published the findings from its thematic review of social landlords¡¦ Annual Assurance Statements, highlighting a range of positive practice in how landlords prepared their Statements. All social landlords are required to submit an Annual Assurance Statement to the Scottish Housing Regulator by the end of October each year about their…
TPAS Scotland Conference 28 June 2023
This year’s TPAS Scotland Annual conference focused on how we, as a sector, can address ‘New Challenges, New Conversations’. The conference was opened by Elaine Scoular, TPAS Scotland’s Managing Director who launched our new business plan – setting out the goals and ambitions for TPAS Scotland over the next 12 months. Elaine called for the…
Another year of outstanding achievements at the TPAS Scotland National Good Practice Awards
Hosted by Michelle McManus, the awards were a fun filled evening celebrating the successes of many individuals and organisations across the social housing sector. The winners on the night included; Cassilhill Tenant Association were the winners of the Alan Ferguson Award. This award was collected by Colin Stewart. Runner up was Iain Ralph…
Regulator’s National Panel highlights worsening financial difficulties facing tenants
New research from the Scottish Housing Regulator highlights the significant and worsening financial difficulties being experienced by tenants. The report is based on feedback from the Regulator¡¦s National Panel of Tenants and Service Users, which has nearly 500 members. A quarter of members that responded said they are not managing well financially, and around three…
Housing Champion: Calum (Barney) MacKay
Jimmy Black cycled to Stornoway to meet Calum (Barney) MacKay, chair of TPAS Scotland and long-standing tenant activist. Barney is a trade unionist, and that explains a lot. Trades unions teach their active members how to do many useful things, including basic skills, like how to run a meeting or the more advanced techniques involved…
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
