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Social Housing Charter for Scotland

3rd of September 2010

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation about a Scottish Social Housing Charter.

New legislation proposed in the Housing Bill, currently being considered by the Scottish Parliament includes powers to modernise the regulation of social housing; creating an independent Scottish Housing Regulator, which will safeguard and promote the interests of tenants, homeless people and other service users.

The Bill also requires Ministers to consult on outcomes that social landlords should be delivering, which will be laid down in the Scottish Social Housing Charter.

The Regulator will use the Charter as the framework for monitoring and assessing a landlord's performance; it will publish performance reports; and it will be able to set performance improvement targets. 

For more detail about the consultation please click here