Scottish authorities face the challenge of achieving the ‘Scottish Housing Quality Standard’ by 2015 and an enhanced standard by 2020 while continuing to set affordable rents. In 2010 the United Kingdom government announced a Spending Review that led to a Scottish budget for 2011/12 that included a reduction in funding and proposals to ‘reform’ housing benefits that are opposed by the Scottish Government. However, the Council House Building Fund continues to operate and new council houses are being built. The Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 restricted the Right to Buy and reformed regulation In February 2011 this was followed by the Strategy and Action Plan for Housing in the next decade. In future landlords’ performance will be assessed with reference to a Housing Charter.
How can a person be effective as a housing manager, councillor or tenant representative if they do not have a good basic understanding of local authority housing finance?
People in a Local Authority or another organisation with an interest in Scottish housing; including Housing Managers, Tenant Representatives, Elected Members and members of the Housing Finance Team all need some knowledge of local authority housing finance.
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.
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