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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...
Tenant Hardship Loan Fund launch
The Scottish Government has established a new £10 million fund to support tenants struggling to pay their rent due to financial difficulty associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. The Tenant Hardship Loan Fund, which is due to open for applications next...
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...
Feature: Does Covid-19 spell the end of HMOs in Scotland?
By Stephanie Taylor, Co-Founder of HMO Heaven and Rent 2 Rent Success With coronavirus and a recession on the horizon some are saying that it’s the end of the road for HMOs (Houses of Multiple Occupancy, also known as house shares). But I don’t believe that’s...
Update on minimum EPC requirement
The Scottish Government has advised SAL that it plans to have minimum EPC regulations (which were postponed due to covid) re-laid before parliament in the spring to come into force on 1 April 2021. The regulations will be amended to remove the “E” standard and require...
Parliamentary affairs
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