What we do

Our primary purpose is to reflect the views of senior housing proffesionals working in local government in discussions with the Scottish Government, the Scottish Housing Regulator and others.

All 32 Scottish councils are members.  We meet monthly to discuss current issues and develop and agree our response to operational issues, policy proposals and formal consultations issued by the Scottish Government and others.

We invite a wide range of guests to our meetings to hear the views of policy developers, experts and academcis to ensure that we have a full understanding of issues that affect local authority housing.

We run "master classes" to explore best practice and publish a small number of Practice Notes prepared in consultation with partners. These are usually about new or emerging issues and are intended to help our members develop and improve thier response and wider service deliver.  You can find all our Practice Notes on this site.

The work conducted by ALACHO is wide and varied and falls into the following catergories.

Informing policy, legislation and guidance

• Responding to consultation papers - view our responses here

• Taking Part in National Working Group

• Preparing and publishing reports

 Tackling specific issues

• Working with Scottish Government and others on mitigation of welfare reforms

• Working with Scottish Government and other key partners to improve the quality and supply of Scottish social housing

• Working with the Joint Improvement Team and others to ensure housing's contribution to the Reshaping Care agenda is recognised and acknowledged

Promoting the view of ALACHO

• Participating in working groups and steering groups to promote ALACHO's view

• Speaking at and chairing national events to raise ALACHO's profile

• Speaking at events on issues that ALACHO has identified as important to local authority housing interests
• we publish a weekly newsletter- contact our Policy Manager if you wish to recieve copies

Working with others

• We work with and support a number of organisations including:
  • The Scottish Government
  • COSLA
  • ​Heads of Planning Scotland (HOPS)
  • Directors of Finance Scotland (DOFS)
  • The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
  • Glasgow and West of Scotland Housing Forum
  • The Scottish Local Authority Rent Forum
  • Scotland's Housing Network (SHN)
  • Chartered Insitute of Housing
  • Public Health Scotland
  • Homeless Network Scotland
  • The Scottish Futures Trust
  • The Existing Homes Alliance
  • Under One Roof
  • Scottish Commission On Learning Disabilities
  • The Improvement Service
  • The Scottish Housing Regulator

More details of our work with these organisations can be found on our "key partners" page.