Scottish Housing Regulator to visit nine landlords

This marks the Scottish regulator’s fifth programme of visits to landlords about their statements.

The nine social landlords the regulator will visit this year are: Ayrshire Housing, Cairn Housing Association, Cassiltoun, Drumchapel Housing Co-operative, Falkirk Council, Kingdom Housing Association, Shire Housing Association, South Lanarkshire Council and Yorkhill Housing Association.

“To ensure an appropriate mixture, the selected landlords are of different sizes, structures, levels of complexity and geographical location,” the regulator said.

During the visit, the SHR will seek to understand their approach to preparing their annual assurance statement and how they have assured themselves about compliance with regulatory requirements and the standards of governance and financial management.

Helen Shaw, director of regulation at the SHR, said: “The visits give us assurance about the work landlords undertake to prepare their statement.

“During the visits, we also find out what has worked well for landlords by engaging directly with staff, [registered social landlord] governing body members and local authority committee members.

“We will publish a report later this year on the findings to share lessons learned with all social landlords as they look to prepare their next statements.”