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Covid-19 current information
The SAL team is working to represent our members’ views and assist where needed, with the many devastating health, social, personal and economic effects of the current Covid-19 crisis. We are here to provide the most up to date information and guidance for our...
Scottish Housing Day 2021 – save the date!
Scottish Housing Day is back for the sixth year and will take place on Wednesday 15 September 2021. The day is intended to raise awareness of challenges and successes in the housing sector and raise people’s awareness of their housing options. This year the focus is...
New Covid grant fund for tenants announced
SAL is very pleased to report that in response to our lobbying for more financial support for landlords and tenants affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Scottish Government has announced that it will introduce a new £10m grant fund to support tenants who are...
Covid-19 coronavirus crisis – tenant help
Since the start of the pandemic, members have been in touch with SAL outlining some highly distressing financial and business issues. Many UK households have suffered and continue to suffer financial losses as a result of the virus, and some have been or will in...
Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) Bill 2021 published
Due to the on-going threat that Covid poses to public health in Scotland, the Deputy First Minister announced in the Scottish Parliament on 9 June that the government intended to bring forward legislation to carry forward some provisions of its Coronavirus Acts beyond...
Parliamentary affairs
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