The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) regulates registered social landlords and the landlord and homelessness services of local authorities. It is an executive agency of the Scottish Government and it exercises independently the regulatory powers of Scottish Ministers.
Its overall purpose is to regulate to protect the interests of tenants and other service users, ensure the continuing provision of good quality social housing and maintain the confidence of funders. 
For more information visit the Scottish Housing Regulator's website.
Memorandum of Understanding
A Memorandum of Understanding that sets out how the Scottish Housing Regulator and the Housing and Regeneration Directorate of the Scottish Government will work together to achieve common outcomes has been published.
Modernising regulation: the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010
Following a public consultation last year the Housing Bill was introduced in January 2010 and received Royal Assent in December 2010. The Act safeguards social housing for future generations by reforming the Right to Buy and improve value for tenants and taxpayers by modernising social housing regulation.