Reading Time: 5 minutesLast week (23rd May) the Scottish Government brought forward a Bill to keep Scotland at the “forefront of global ambition” on climate change. So, what
Category: Housing & Planning
SPICe FAQ – Repairs in Private Rented Property
Reading Time: 3 minutesSPICe receives many enquiries about repairs to private rented property. This blog post is aimed at answering some FAQs about the repairing standard. It also
Guest Blog – The National Performance Framework
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Jennifer Wallace, Head of Policy at the Carnegie UK Trust, and not those
What’s been happening with social housing rents?
Reading Time: 4 minutesNext week, at the start of the new financial year, Scotland’s 610,000 social housing tenants will begin paying a new rent for their home. Over
The Scottish Government’s Affordable Housing Supply Target
Reading Time: 3 minutesIncreasing the supply of affordable housing is a key policy aim of the Scottish Government. The term “affordable housing” is not well defined but in
The new private residential tenancy
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn 1 December 2017, the first major change to private rented tenancy legislation in Scotland in almost 30 years took effect. From that date, the