The Scottish Government

What stage is the Charter at?

The consultation on the draft Charter ran from 1 August until 1 November. We received over 250 responses, we published a report about the consultation. We considered what you had to say before we wrote a revised version of the Charter.  

The Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee of the Scottish Parliament considered the Charter in two sessions, on 25 January and 8 February.

We presented the Charter to the Scottish Parliament in March 2012. The Charter was approved on 14 March, it came into effect on 1 April 2012.

From the 1st April 2013 landlords will be required to start collecting information to demonstrate how they are meeting the Charter.  Landlords will have to provide the Scottish Housing Regulator with their first Annual Return on the Charter (ARC) by the end of May 2014. 

How did it all start?

We held a series of Charter events throughout Scotland during the Autumn of 2010. Here is the timetable:

August 2010  

Date	Location	Host Landlord
Monday 23rd	Town House, Inverness	The Highland Council
Thursday 26th	Municipal Buildings, Falkirk	Falkirk Council
Tuesday 31st	Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries	Dumfries & Galloway Housing Partnership

 

September 2010 

Date	Location	Host Landlord
Tuesday 7th	Town House, Aberdeen	Aberdeen City Council
Monday 27th	County Building, Ayr	South Ayrshire Council
Wednesday 29th	City Chambers, Glasgow	Glasgow Housing Association

 

October 2010 

Date	Location	Host Landlord
Wednesday 6th	Reid Kerr College, Paisley	Renfrewshire Council
Thursday 14th	Committee Rooms, 14 City Square, Dundee	Dundee City Council
Thursday 21st	Training HQ, Wishaw	North Lanarkshire Council
Wednesday 27th	Town House, Haddington	East Lothian Council

 

 November  2010

Date	Location	Host Landlord
Saturday 6th	City Chambers, Edinburgh	Edinburgh City Council
Wednesday 10th	Council Chambers, Lochgilphead	Argyll and Bute Council

 

The day began with a welcome from a senior official of the organisation hosting the event. This was followed by a few words on the importance of the Charter from a local tenant representative. A member of the Scottish Government's Charter Team gave a short presentation, and delegates then broke into groups for a workshop session, to talk about what they would like to see in the Charter.

After lunch, a senior official from the Scottish Housing Regulator gave a short presentation on its role in the regulation of social housing. This was followed by a further breakout session to discuss issues arising from the presentation.

 

What came out of the sessions?

We gathered a lot of very useful information, which we used as a basis for the discussion paper that we published in February 2011. We are very grateful for all the hard work done by those who helped to organise the events, as well as those who attended them.

You can read full reports of each event by following the links on the right.  

Or if you prefer, read a summary of the whole roadshow process.