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PRS Excellence award winner: Gilson Gray Lettings ECO3 grant project
The winners of the Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) Scotland Housing Awards for excellence in housing have been announced at a special ceremony at the DoubleTree Hilton in Glasgow on Thursday 25 November 2021. Congratulations to the winner, SAL member agent...
Tenant grant fund update
From day one of the pandemic SAL, as part of the Scottish Government PRS Covid-19 resilience group, lobbied for support for tenants to be able to pay their rent and later for help for them to pay off Covid-19 related rent arrears. We are therefore pleased that the...
Covid-19 current information
The SAL team has worked since the pandemic hit, to represent our members’ views and assist where needed with the many devastating health, social, personal and economic effects of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. We are here to provide the most up to date information and...
Research into pandemic rent arrears published
Back in July SAL members were invited to take part in research being carried out by the University of Glasgow into how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected landlords. The research sought to identify how landlords have dealt with arrears, gauge views on the effectiveness...
Which allowable expenses do landlords fail to claim?
Article by GoSimpleTax Although renting out property can offer excellent returns, it involves a wide variety of expenses, big and small. Thankfully, as you know, many costs can be claimed as “allowable expenses”, which buy-to-let landlords can deduct from their...
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