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Your Regional Network Needs You!
The Regional Networks of tenants and residents were established in 2008 to enable tenants and residents to engage and work with the Scottish Government on development of national housing policy. Four Regional Networks cover the whole of Scotland, with each Network covering several local authority areas. Our members are drawn from representatives of Registered Tenants…
TPAS Scotland AGM – 22 March 2023
48 people attended the TPAS Scotland AGM on 22nd March where we talked about the progress within the organisation over the last 12 months, our vision for the future as well as confirming the accounts and audit updates. Elaine Scoular provided us with an update on activities within the business including the work we…
Thanks for your feedback
We had a great response from our membership survey. We’ve taken your comments and feedback on board and are reflecting these in our services, events and support. Areas you felt our support was strong in include scrutiny, independent advice and staff support, training, tenant engagement, sharing members queries and events. Thank you for saying…
Regulator reaffirms its commitment to including tenants and service users in its work
The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published its new plan for how it will include tenants and service users in its work. The plan sets out how tenants and service users will remain at the heart of the Regulator’s work. The Regulator’s plan explains how it will ensure it understands tenants’ and service users’ priorities and views,…
Average weekly rents will increase by 5% in 2023/24
The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published details of the rent increases which Scottish social landlords will apply in 2023/24 for social housing tenants. The report is based on returns from 136 RSLs and the 29 local authorities that have housing stock and found that the average increases in weekly rent that social landlords will charge in…
Scottish Housing Regulator re-affirms its commitment to equalities
The Scottish Housing Regulator’s Equalities Statement, published today, re-states how it aims to encourage better and positive equality outcomes for tenants, people who are homeless and Gypsy/Travellers through its regulation of social landlords. It also re-affirms the Regulator’s commitment to ensuring equality within its own organisation. Some of the most vulnerable people in Scotland use social…
Registered Social Landlords withstood difficult economic and operating conditions in 2021/22
In general, Registered Social Landlords’ (RSLs) robust financial performance and strong liquidity means they remain in a relatively strong position to respond to the financial challenges ahead, although those challenges are significant. This is the key message of a new report published today by the Scottish Housing Regulator. The report is the Regulator’s annual analysis of RSL…
Women have their SAY in tenant participation
We recently spoke with Zoe Taylor, Services Manager on behalf of SAY Advisory Board about the work we have been doing with them around providing training to help the vulnerable community to understand what’s involved in being a tenants rep. SAY Women is a service user led organisation that provides support for Young women…
Affordability Survey Focus Group Meetings.
In September the Affordability Tenants group (which is part of the Regional Networks and is supported by TPAS Scotland) carried out a survey on rent affordability. Thank you to everyone who completed this survey. We would now like to invite you to the online focus groups to discuss the survey and have a better discussion…
Regulator highlights considerable pressure on councils’ services for people experiencing homelessness
A new report by the Regulator highlights that some councils are finding it increasingly difficult to fully meet their statutory duties on homelessness, particularly providing temporary accommodation to people experiencing homelessness. The report highlights that councils are making considerable efforts in very challenging circumstances to deliver effective services and some have had success in…
Scottish Housing Regulator updates asset management recommended practice
The Scottish Housing Regulator today published updated recommended practice to support social landlords to review, develop and improve their approach to integrated asset management. The Regulator commissioned Arneil Johnston, to illustrate how the principles which form the basis of the advisory guidance can be put into practice. Helen Shaw, Director of Regulation said: “Ensuring their assets –…
Kingdom Go for Gold
Kingdom Housing Association who works across East Central Scotland has recently been awarded Gold Accreditation from TPAS Scotland. Max Scotto, Lead Tenant Participation Officer at Kingdom HA said, “As an organisation, we totally transformed our TP Strategy over the last 7 years, and we wanted to recognise all the work the team and the tenants contributed to make…
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
