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All You Want to Know about Scottish Social Housing Finance 2013

 

Do you think that a working knowledge of social housing finance in Scotland would put you or your colleagues in a position of advantage at a time of change such as this?
 

Social housing is becoming increasingly important in Scotland at a time of rising demand for affordable housing and constrained resources. Scottish housing associations and local authorities face significant challenges. The economic background is one of recession. Terms on which loans are available are less favourable than in the past. The Scottish Government has reduced the Affordable Housing Programme, reformed the Scottish Housing Regulator and is considering ending the ‘Right to Buy’. The United Kingdom government is ‘reforming’ housing benefits.

 

How can a person be effective as a housing manager, board member, councillor or tenant representative if they do not have a good basic understanding of social housing finance?

 

This guide is designed for people who are not experts in housing finance, but who need to understand the basics and achieve an overview of what is going on in Scotland. It is suitable for housing managers, tenant representatives, councillors, board members and finance staff who have limited experience of social housing finance and others who realise that an understanding of social housing finance can place them at an advantage!

 

It is not a technical guide and neither does it provide step by step instructions for people who need to prepare accounts or other returns. It is designed to be a useful introduction and companion to this complex and important subject. It includes sections on:

  • Income and Expenditure Accounts, Cash Flow Statements, Balance Sheets
  • Local Authority Housing Revenue Accounts
  • Financial Framework of Scottish Housing Associations and Local Authorities
  • Rents and Service Charges
  • Right to Buy
  • Scottish Housing Quality Standard, Development and sources of Capital Finance  
  • Strategic Housing Investment Programme - Housing Association Grant
  • Loan Finance
  • Regulation and Inspection by the Scottish Housing Regulator
  • Local Authority Strategic Housing Services
  • Housing Benefit and Welfare Reform
  • National Housing Trust
  • Value for Money, Business and Financial Planning and Treasury Management
  • Financing of Stock Transfers
  • and many other aspects of Social Housing Finance in Scotland!

The book is equally relevant for local authorities and housing associations.

This guide is excellent value at £30 plus £3.25 postage and packing. This guide was published in 2013.


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