On 15th April, the UK Government announced what they call the “biggest change to the private rental sector for a generation”: changes to Section 21 of the Housing Act (1988) which will end...
Author: Izzy Gaughan
Short term lets: The impact on Scotland’s housing system
The problem: Short term lets, particularly Airbnb, have been high on the political and media agenda in recent months. This is no surprise when you look at the figures. In the last year...
Housing and homelessness in Scotland’s schools
Over the past few months, we’ve been developing resourcesfor primary and secondary school pupils in Scotland. These resources are tailored towards social studies, and cover topics...
Taking our message into the classroom.
At Shelter Scotland we’ve been working on an exciting new project bringing together lots of different strands of our work. So next week, we’ll be launching a suite of education resources...
Far From Fixed: The campaign launch
On 5th September, Shelter Scotland staff and service users set up in central Glasgow to launch our Homelessness: Far From Fixed campaign. Our campaign is demanding: A safe and affordable...