Performance and Service Improvement for Local Authorities

Our communities of practice are a group of like minded professionals that work (or have an interest in) an area of housing practice.

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About

The remit of this community of practice is to share practice on regulatory requirements and developments, national scrutiny developments and learning from outcomes, sharing knowledge and experience of service improvement tools and approaches. The community of practice also regularly shares knowledge and learning on customer satisfaction measurement approaches and tenant scrutiny activities. 

 

 

Key Content

1

Data insights, including review of Charter and network data, good practice and common errors. Tenant insight – a toolkit for landlords

2

Annual Assurance Statements – reviews of key themes

3

Tenant scrutiny panels – best practice

4

Meeting new statutory requirements, including Getting to know you – collecting equalities information and Human Rights-based approaches to housing

5

Tenant Scrutiny – sharing best practice

6

Value for Money – What is value for money – best practice

7

Regulatory intervention – learning from others’ experience sharing best practice

Services

Forthcoming Events

Hospital Discharges for tenants – Housing Options Scotland

Join this webinar exploring the Hospital to Home project at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH), and the critical role housing professionals play in supporting safe and timely discharge.
11th Mar 2026
online via Teams

Charter Preparation Session 2026 – Fri 13 March 10am to 12pm

Charter Preparation Session that will help you prepare high‑quality data for the Annual Return on the Scottish Social Housing Charter.
13th Mar 2026
Virtual Event on Microsoft Teams

Human Rights in Housing

An opportunity for members to hear from the Castlemilk Housing & Human Rights Board and to share practices with others
17th Mar 2026
Online

Publications and reports

DVFM Report – Tenant Satisfaction in New Affordable Housing 2022-2025

This is SHN’s first report on tenant satisfaction in new developments. The findings are based on feedback from 413 tenants living in 723 new homes delivered by seven local authorities and nine registered social landlords between July 2022 and November 2025.

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