Whilst John Swinney settles into his post as First Minister, many in the housing sector consider how they can reset relations with the SNP government, and what the new administration will do with the contested Housing Bill, there remains one area within the proposed new statute that should be scaled up, rather than scaled back. …
Read more >Holyrood’s period of political instability has negatively impacted Scotland’s housing market, Propertymark has argued. The Scottish Government survived a vote of no confidence on Wednesday 1 May, which was pushed forward by Scottish Labour following the resignation of Humza Yousaf as Scotland’s First Minister. Mr Yousaf resigned his post following the Scottish Greens’ removal from …
Read more >The Scottish Law Commission recently published a discussion paper containing provisional proposals for the introduction of owners’ associations. The paper runs to over 200 pages and follows a recommendation in 2018 that establishing owners associations could help improve the condition of tenements throughout Scotland. Landlords should note that a ‘tenement’ includes any building made up …
Read more >Building upon the Scottish Government’s 2021 New Deal for Tenants, which is an essential component of their Housing to 2040 strategy, the Housing (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 26 March 2024 and will likely take between 12 and 15 months to complete all stages of the legislative process. The passage of …
Read more >The Upper Tribunal (UT) recently considered whether the Letting Agent Code of Practice (“the Code”) applies in respect of short-terms lets. The background A landlord instructed a letting agent to let her flat for a period over summer 2022. A dispute arose resulting in the landlord making an application to the FTT alleging that the …
Read more >They say 24 hours is a long time in politics, an adage that has never been truer for Scottish politics than in the last week of April 2024. The dismay with missed climate targets moved quickly from sabre rattling and a threatened members vote in the Green party to an unceremoniously sacking of the two …
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