All You Want to Know About Local Authority Housing Finance in Scotland 2008

Training Course:

"All You Want to Know About Local Authority Housing Finance in Scotland 2008"

May 2008

Edinburgh: Capital Hotel – 15th May 2008

Do you think that a working knowledge of local authority housing finance in Scotland would put you and your colleagues in a position of advantage?

Scottish authorities face the challenge of achieving the ‘Scottish Housing Quality Standard’ while continuing to set affordable rents and delivering the ‘efficiency agenda’. In some cases the option of stock transfer has been rejected by tenants obliging the Council to continue as the landlord in the long term. The new Scottish Government has published a Housing Green Paper that heralds changes in housing policy including a role for local authorities in new build and the introduction of arms length management organisations to Scotland.

Whether you are in a Local Authority or another organisation with an interest in Scottish housing; whether you are a Housing Manager, Tenant Representative, Elected Member, or even a member of the Housing Finance Team, you will need some knowledge of local authority housing finance. You could benefit from one of our courses at which you will learn:

What the Course will cover:

• Housing Revenue Accounting
• Rent Setting
• Service Charges
• Capital Programmes
• The Scottish Housing Quality Standard
• Housing Revenue Account Business Plans
• Comprehensive Spending Review 2007
• Efficiency & Effectiveness
• The Scottish Housing Green Paper
• New Build
• Strategic Housing responsibilities
• Best Value
• Private Sector Housing and Homelessness
• Housing Benefit
• Regeneration
• Registered Social Landlords and their relationship with local authorities
• What follows Options Appraisals?
• Stock retention
• Arms Length Management
• Stock Transfer
• And many other aspects of local authority housing finance in Scotland!

The course is accompanied by a very useful book entitled:

For more information contact us at the address below or click here to download our flyer