10 May 2013
Get the balloons out – this week is the first birthday of Shelter Scotland’s Reclaim Your Fees toolkit! The past year has seen over 2,300 tenants downloading our online toolkit to claim back unlawful fees charged to them by letting agents, with over £350,000 worth of claims made.
3 May 2013
Rarely does an issue come around in the world of housing policy which divides the sector so completely. At Shelter Scotland, we’re used to working with partners across the divide when policy issues unite us. But when necessary we’re not afraid to ask the difficult questions. So if the Scottish Government is on the cusp of bad policy we don’t mind saying so, even if it does rock the boat.
30 Apr 2013
The Scottish Government has made it a requirement on all private sector landlords to give tenants a copy of the Tenant Information Pack. We’ve launched Renting Scotland, a site for tenants and landlords in the private rented sector in Scotland.
12 Apr 2013
The effects of the bedroom tax will soon come home to roost. Housing benefit cuts will soon become a harsh reality for over 100,000 tenants in Scotland, putting many at risk of eviction and even homelessness.
5 Mar 2013
About 12 years ago Shelter Scotland launched a prison project to provide advice and assistance to prisoners. It was a new approach and over the next 10 years Shelter Scotland worked with offenders in five prisons across Scotland, helping deal with their housing issues.
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