If a child is behaving in an antisocial manner and their parents aren’t doing anything about it, a parenting order can really help. Anyone over the age of 12 can be given...
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Old Stuff Day 2019
Tony Foster – Community Shop Manager at Morningside, Edinburgh and a lifelong lover of musty curios Regardless of its monetary worth to Shelter Scotland, I have to say I absolutely...
Acts of kindness: less random, more meaningful
On Random Acts of Kindness Day, our Volunteer Development Manager argues that we should stop undervaluing kindness by promoting ‘random’ acts, and suggests some ways for you to make a real...
Letting Agent Code of Practice – Written rules and what it means for tenants
It is now a year since the Letting Agent code of practice came into force, setting out what is expected from letting agents managing properties in Scotland. A recent case in Dundee has...
Tribunal wins for private tenants show powers of new rules
Several recent judgements by the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) show that tenants now have an effective way of making sure that their landlord or letting...