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WHITEINCH AND SCOTSTOUN HOUSING ASSOCIATION RE-INSPECTION REPORT

The Scottish Housing Regulator today published its re-inspection report on Whiteinch and Scotstoun Housing Association.

Following the re-inspection, the Regulator has awarded Whiteinch and Scotstoun Housing Association a ‘fair’ rating for its overall performance. The Regulator had awarded the Association a ‘poor’ grade for housing management in its previous inspection in July 2005.

The Regulator did the re-inspection in March 2008 to assess The Association’s progress against the improvement plan it put in place after the original inspection.

Michael Cameron, Head of Inspection at The Scottish Housing Regulator said:

“We welcome the improvement achieved by the Association over the last three years, particularly in a number of the areas of weakness we identified in our previous inspection. The Association still needs to improve further in some areas of its work, and we think it has the capacity to do this. We will ask the Association to agree an improvement plan with us.”

The Association’s Chairperson, Alan Henshelwood said:

“After discussions with the Regulator, the Association is accepting the Report and grade and will now agree an improvement plan with our inspection colleagues. At Whiteinch & Scotstoun we see this as consistent with our drive for continuous improvement.’’

NOTES TO NEWS EDITORS

1. Inspectors gave the following grade after the inspection:

2. The purpose of inspection is to provide an independent external assessment of the effectiveness of housing service delivery and make recommendations to help improvement.

3. Whiteinch & Scotstoun Housing Association currently owns and manages 975 houses located in the west of the City of Glasgow.

4. Full details of the Whiteinch and Scotstoun Housing Association inspection report can be found on the Scottish Housing Regulator website at www.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk

5. The Scottish Housing Regulator came into operation on 1 April 2008. It is the successor to Communities Scotland’s Regulation & Inspection Division. As a government agency the Scottish Housing Regulator will have complete operational independence, but will remain accountable to Scottish Ministers, and through them to the Scottish Parliament for the standard of its work. The agency sits within the Justice and Communities Directorate of the Scottish Government and will work within the government’s overall purpose and contribute to its strategic objectives.