A report setting out the key lessons from its use of statutory intervention powers in registered social landlords (RSLs) has been published by the Scottish Housing Regulator.

The Regulator has used its statutory intervention powers in 11 RSLs since 2014. In each of these it found that the root of the problems lay in weak governance. In almost all of the RSLs there was a failure of leadership, and the cultures in some left them vulnerable to poor behaviours and incompetence.

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George Walker, Chair of the Regulatior, said: "Most social landlords in Scotland are well-run and deliver good quality homes and services for their tenants and other service users. But things can go wrong that put the interests of tenants and other service users at risk, and this is when we use our statutory intervention powers.

"In this report we set out the lessons from our statutory interventions, including things that we have learned as well as the things social landlord can learn from. It is clear from this report that good governance protects social landlords from the problems that mean the Regulator has to intervene."