A dozen landlords tell Scottish Housing Regulator they are non-compliant

A dozen landlords in Scotland have told the devolved housing regulator that they had failed to comply with regulatory requirements.

The news came last week as the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) published the 2025 Annual Assurance Statements.

Social housing providers in the region submit a statement each year to confirm whether they met statutory requirements, which 148 landlords succeeded in doing this year.

The regulator said that reasons for non-compliance this year included failing to comply with homelessness duties, tenant and resident safety duties or regulatory requirements.

The group of non-compliant landlords featured Glasgow-based registered social landlord Blochairn Housing Association, as well as a number of local authorities, including Clackmannanshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire and Edinburgh.

Rounding out the list was Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow, Moray, Perth & Kinross, and Stirling. Landlords’ assurance statements can be found here.

Michael Cameron, chief executive at the Regulator, said that social landlords were still operating ”in a challenging economic environment” and that the homelessness system ”continues to experience significant challenges”/

“In their statements this year some local authority landlords again told us about the difficulties they face meeting their statutory duties in relation to homelessness, including the requirement to provide suitable temporary accommodation,” he said.

”We will assess the statements as part of our annual risk assessment, taking into account the challenging context for landlords. 

“We will publish the outcomes from the risk assessment in updated engagement plans for each landlord. This will include any changes to the regulatory status for RSLs.”

Subsequently to the release of the annual assurance statements, the regulator on Friday published a summary of the risks it will focus on in its annual risk assessment of social landlords.

The quality and safety of the homes provided for tenants and the services they provide to gypsies, travellers and people who are or could become homeless will form the basis of the assessment, alongside good governance and financial health. 

John Jellema, assistant director of regulation, said the risk assessments will “consider all of the risks associated” with the challenges faced by landlords, which he siad included pressures on the cost of living and the cost of operating, as well as ”the need to maintain their existing homes as well as provide new homes to meet demand”.

The regulator today published a revised engagement plan for Govan Housing Association, after putting its regulatory status under review in April.