Scottish Housing Quality Standard
On 4 February 2004, the Minister for Communities announced a cross-tenure Scottish Housing Quality Standard in line with the partnership agreement to introduce a decent homes standard.
As part of the speech, the Minister set 2015 as the target date for local authorities and registered social landlords to achieve the standard.
She also asked landlords to submit standard delivery plans (SDPs) for meeting the standard to Communities Scotland by April 2005. The agency recently held a consultation on draft guidance on the preparation of these plans and a final version is in production.
For local authorities not on the community ownership programme (COP), the process of preparing a standard delivery plan will be closely linked to the process of carrying out an options appraisal as part of entry to COP. Councils will have to carry out an option appraisal based on stock condition information to determine whether they can afford to borrow to fund their investment needs.
This page contains links to the guidance on options appraisal as well as the preparation of standard delivery plans.
Progress Report (March 2008)
Progress Report (January 2007)
Position Statement
Option Appraisal Guidance
Self assessment pro-forma – notes for completion
SHQS Delivery Plan Guidance
Standard Delivery Plan sef-assessment guidance
Standard Delivery Plan self-assessment pro-forma
Supporting notes for assessors of Standard Delivery Plans
Appendices 2-5 have been revised and updated as of 20 August. The revised appendices should be incorporated into landlords' standard delivery plan submissions due on 29 April 2005.
- Appendix 2 (Updated December 2004)
- Appendix 3 (Updated April 2005)
- Appendix 4 (Updated December 2004)
- Appendix 5 (Updated December 2005)
• Consultation report on delivery plan guidance and assessment criteria
• Letter to landlords confirming the content of the Standard - February 2004
• Letter offering further clarification on certain elements of the Standard - July 2004
• Modernising Scotland's Social Housing: responses to consultation paper
For further information, email the Quality Delivery Team.
