History
Communities Scotland was formed in 2001 as the Executive’s housing and regeneration delivery agency.
The Agency was charged with meeting the objectives of the Scottish Executive as set out in the Parnership for a better Scotland, a joint statement of the Scottish Executive to improve the life of people in Scotland.
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.
Communities Scotland was disbanded on 1 April 2008, when most of its responsibilities transferred to the Housing and Regeneration directorate of the Scottish Government. A new Scottish Housing Regulator was formed to take over the work of Communities Scotland's Regulation and Inspection division.
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