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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...
Fair Rents Bill – call for views
As we reported back in June, Scottish Labour MSP Pauline McNeill (pictured) has published a Member’s Bill in the Scottish Parliament to place a blanket restriction on mid-tenancy rent increases for Private Residential Tenancies (PRTs). The bill wording can be read...
Upper Tribunal rules on long standing dispute over tenancy status
A dispute between a tenant and her landlords over the status of her tenancy has been successfully appealed by the tenant at the Upper Tribunal. In an earlier decision, summarised here, the Upper Tribunal took the view that the tenancy was not a private residential...
Covid-19 coronavirus crisis – tenant help
Members are getting in touch with some highly distressing financial and business issues. The vast majority of households in the UK will suffer financial losses as a result of the virus, and some will be left with little or no income at all. Under the terms of the...
Consultation on regulation of short-term/holiday lets
The Scottish Government announced earlier this year that it was going to introduce regulation of short-term/holiday lets. It has now launched a consultation to gather final views on proposed new legislation for the regulation of the sector. The Scottish Government’s...
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