All You Want to Know about Scottish Housing Association Finance 2009

This guide is designed for people who are not experts in Scottish Housing Association finance, but who want to understand the basics and achieve an overview of what is going on. It is suitable for housing managers, tenant representatives, board members and finance staff who have limited experience of Housing Association finance and others who realise that an understanding of Housing Association finance 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 Housing Association accounts or other returns. It is designed to be a useful introduction and companion to this complex and important subject.

This book covers:

• Income and Expenditure Accounts, Cash Flow Statements, Balance Sheets
• Financial Framework of Scottish Housing Associations
• Capital Finance and Development and sources of Capital Finance
• Regulation by the Scottish Housing Regulator
• Housing Association Grant – The increased affordable housing programme and ‘Investing in Affordable Housing – The Way Forward’
• Business and Financial Planning and Treasury Management
• The Efficiency Agenda
• Draft Scotland Housing Bill 2009
• Scottish Futures Trust
• Financing of Stock Transfers
• The Impact of the Recession

This book is excellent value at £30 plus £2.95 postage and packing. This guide was published in 2009.