‘All You Want to Know about Local Authority Housing Finance in Scotland’ is a useful 78-page introduction and companion to the complex and important subject of local authority housing finance in Scotland.

It is designed for people who are not experts in housing finance in Scotland, but who need to understand the basics and achieve an overview of what is going on. It is suitable for housing managers, tenant representatives, councillors and finance staff who have no experience of the housing revenue account and others who realise that an understanding of housing finance in Scotland can place them at an advantage!

It is not a technical guide and neither does it provide step by step instructions for people who need to prepare local authority housing accounts or other returns.

The guide has sections on:

• Housing Revenue Account
• Rents and Service Charges
• Capital Programmes
• Housing Investment and Scottish Housing Quality Standard
• Comprehensive Spending Reviews, Best Value and Public Sector Efficiency
• Strategic Housing Responsibilities and the Housing General Fund
• Private Sector Housing and Homelessness Services
• Supporting People
• Housing Benefit
• Regeneration and Registered Social Landlords
• Options Appraisal and Stock retention
• Large Scale Voluntary Transfer
• What does the future hold for local authority housing in Scotland?
• Glossary of Terms

The guide is excellent value at £25 plus £2.95 postage and packing. This guide was published in 2007.

To order your copy, please download and complete this order form or contact Adrian Waite on 017683-52347 or 52165 or Adrian.Waite@awics.co.uk.

We also provide training courses that explain ‘All You Want to Know about Local Authority Housing Finance in Scotland’. These include a course each spring and in-house courses where local authorities and others request them. For further information about courses, please click here.

There are also free briefing papers on housing finance posted on the ‘AWICS’ website. To view these click here and select the area you are interested in.