The Scottish Government is currently undertaking consultation on the draft Scottish Social Housing Charter (The Charter).

 The Charter was introduced by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 and the final document will be approved by the Scottish Parliament early next year.   The Charter will set out the standards and outcomes that social landlords should be achieving for tenants and other customers through their housing activities.   It will replace Performance Standards for Social Landlords and Homelessness Functions.

 The Scottish Government has developed a special website dedicated to the Charter this can be found by following this link  Scottish Government's Charter Page

This website contains useful information on how the Charter document has been developed so far and allows anyone to comment on the latest draft of the document.   People visiting the dedicated website can download a copy of the consultation draft document and join in the online conversations.

Click here for link to draft charter

There are also consultation events which are open to tenants, tenant representatives, registered social landlords and other stakeholders with an interest in the Charter.  

They are being held on:

• Tuesday 4^th October 2011 at Stirling Management Centre,Stirling, and
• Friday 14^th October 2011, Victoria Quay, Leith,Edinburgh

Places may are still available for these free events but as the position changes daily up dated information on the continued availability can be found on the Charter website.   The booking request form can also be downloaded from the website. 

 We would also like to gather our tenants and owner occupiers views on the Charter and we have an online comments form.   Click on this link to complete the form.