Communities Scotland was an executive agency of the Scottish Government from 2001 to 2008. The Agency was responsible for housing, homelessness, communities and regeneration throughout Scotland.
Communities Scotland was headquartered in Edinburgh with 8 area offices throughout Scotland.
Communities Scotland was disbanded on 1 April 2008, when most of its responsibilities transferred to the Housing and Regeneration directorate of the Scottish Government. The Scottish Housing Regulator was formed to take over the work of Communities Scotland's Regulation and Inspection division.
Communities Scotland was formed in 2001 as the Executive's housing and regeneration delivery agency.[1]
The Agency was charged with meeting the objectives of the Scottish Executive as set out in the Partnership for a better Scotland, a joint statement of the Scottish Executive to improve the life of people in Scotland.[2]
On 31 October 2007 Nicola Sturgeon, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, announced that she had decided to abolish Communities Scotland as a separate agency and bring its main non-regulatory functions into the core Scottish Government. She confirmed that its regulatory functions would be reformed to operate outside the Government and independently of Ministers.[3]
Roleedit
The Agency had five stated objectives:
To increase the supply of affordable housing where it is needed most.
To improve the quality of existing houses and ensure a high quality of new build.
To improve the quality of housing and homelessness services.
To improve the opportunities for people living in disadvantaged communities.
To support the social economy to deliver key services and create job opportunities.[4]
Communities Scotland was granted a budget of £800 million in 2006–07.[5] It provided grants to individuals, organisations and local authorities in Scotland for housing and community projects.
communities, scotland, executive, agency, scottish, government, from, 2001, 2008, agency, responsible, housing, homelessness, communities, regeneration, throughout, scotland, headquartered, edinburgh, with, area, offices, throughout, scotland, disbanded, april. Communities Scotland was an executive agency of the Scottish Government from 2001 to 2008 The Agency was responsible for housing homelessness communities and regeneration throughout Scotland Communities Scotland was headquartered in Edinburgh with 8 area offices throughout Scotland Communities Scotland was disbanded on 1 April 2008 when most of its responsibilities transferred to the Housing and Regeneration directorate of the Scottish Government The Scottish Housing Regulator was formed to take over the work of Communities Scotland s Regulation and Inspection division Contents 1 History 2 Role 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editCommunities Scotland was formed in 2001 as the Executive s housing and regeneration delivery agency 1 The Agency was charged with meeting the objectives of the Scottish Executive as set out in the Partnership for a better Scotland a joint statement of the Scottish Executive to improve the life of people in Scotland 2 On 31 October 2007 Nicola Sturgeon the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing announced that she had decided to abolish Communities Scotland as a separate agency and bring its main non regulatory functions into the core Scottish Government She confirmed that its regulatory functions would be reformed to operate outside the Government and independently of Ministers 3 Role editThe Agency had five stated objectives To increase the supply of affordable housing where it is needed most To improve the quality of existing houses and ensure a high quality of new build To improve the quality of housing and homelessness services To improve the opportunities for people living in disadvantaged communities To support the social economy to deliver key services and create job opportunities 4 Communities Scotland was granted a budget of 800 million in 2006 07 5 It provided grants to individuals organisations and local authorities in Scotland for housing and community projects It also acted as an inspector and regulator for registered social landlords and local authorities in the provision of social housing e g council houses 6 See also editList of Scottish Executive agenciesReferences edit Scottish Parliament Environment and Rural Development Committee Archived 2010 04 23 at the Wayback Machine 27 April 2005 Retrieved 2011 09 29 A Partnership for a Better Scotland Partnership Agreement Scottish Government Retrieved 2011 09 29 Future for housing in Scotland Press release Scottish Government 31 October 2007 Retrieved 1 January 2016 About us Communities Scotland Archived from the original on 4 January 2006 Retrieved 29 September 2011 Grants Communities Scotland 2006 Archived from the original on 25 September 2006 Retrieved 29 September 2011 Regulation and Inspection Communities Scotland Archived from the original on 6 January 2007 Retrieved 29 September 2011 External links editOfficial website statement of closure date with links to successor bodies nbsp This article related to government in Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Communities Scotland amp oldid 1178548188, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
