Skip to content
Law Society of Scotland
Search
Find a Solicitor
Contact us
About us
Sign in
Search
Find a Solicitor
Contact us
About us
Sign in
  • For members

    • For members

    • CPD & Training

    • Membership and fees

    • Rules and guidance

    • Regulation and compliance

    • Journal

    • Business support

    • Career growth

    • Member benefits

    • Professional support

    • Lawscot Wellbeing

    • Lawscot Sustainability

    • Lawscot Tech

  • News and events

    • News and events

    • Law Society news

    • Blogs & opinions

    • CPD & Training

    • Events

  • Qualifying and education

    • Qualifying and education

    • Qualifying as a Scottish solicitor

    • Career support and advice

    • Our work with schools

    • Funding your education

    • Social mobility

  • Research and policy

    • Research and policy

    • Research

    • Influencing the law and policy

    • Equality and diversity

    • Our international work

    • Legal Services Review

    • Meet the Policy team

  • For the public

    • For the public

    • What solicitors can do for you

    • Making a complaint

    • Client protection

    • Find a Solicitor

    • Frequently asked questions

    • Your Scottish solicitor

  • About us

    • About us

    • Contact us

    • Who we are

    • Our strategy, reports and plans

    • Help and advice

    • Our standards

    • Work with us

    • Our logo and branding

    • Equality and diversity

  1. Home
  2. News and events
  3. Legal news

Legal news

You are currently filtering for: housing
Clear filter

Serco lock change opponents refused appeal permission

7th April 2020 | immigration , human rights | Housing
Supreme Court panel decision marks end of the road

Ten months to evict tenants who refuse to pay, lawyers find

15th January 2020 | Housing
Claim that landlords being driven away from sector

Low carbon standards coming for new homes

6th January 2020 | planning/environment | Planning (Business Premises) , Housing
2024 date for rules to reduce emissions

Court backs Serco as asylum seekers' eviction appeals fail

13th November 2019 | human rights , immigration | Housing
No tenancy rights, and Serco not liable as public authority: Inner House

MSPs call for action to force sale of empty homes

12th November 2019 | Housing
Report wants Government to keep promise of compulsory orders

Short terms lets should be regulated, consultees respond

28th October 2019 | Housing
Answers reveal concerns over impact on housing market

Fuel Poverty Bill passes final Holyrood stage

12th June 2019 | Housing
Measure sets targets to cover next 20 years

Call for views on temporary accommodation standards for the homeless

24th May 2019 | Housing
Ministers aim to improve standards for those given emergency housing

Proposed member's bill would limit private rent rises

22nd May 2019 | Housing
Labour MSP claims existing controls inadequate

Short-term lets: in need of regulation? Ministers consult

30th April 2019 | planning/environment | Housing
Views sought on possible powers for local authorities

HMO licensing could be extended to protect contract workers

18th April 2019 | Housing
Ministers consult on adding new categories to definition

Asylum seekers' challenge to Serco lock-changing practice fails

15th April 2019 | human rights | Housing
Court finds no breach of statute or Human Rights Convention

MSPs open inquiry into level of homes sitting empty

5th April 2019 | Housing
Call for evidence as records show 4% of Scotland's dwellings unoccupied

"Right to rent" rules for landlords declared illegal by High Court

1st March 2019 | human rights , immigration | Housing
Judge finds key plank of "hostile environment" leads to discrimination

Average property price in Scotland rises by 2.4 per cent

13th February 2019 | Housing
Latest figures show price growth slightly behind UK average

Govan Law Centre launches crowdfund to support homeless women

7th February 2019 | Housing
Project aims to tackle gender inequality in homelessness

Tenancy deposit system serving its purpose, users believe

24th December 2018 | Housing
Research finds majority satisfaction with operation of schemes

Homeless applicant loses judicial review but leaves with hope

22nd October 2018 | Housing
Court states petition would succeed against correct respondents

Appeal to solicitors to join “world’s biggest sleepout”

8th October 2018 | Housing
Teams needed to support Sleep in the Park on 8 December

Test case to launch against Glasgow refugee evictions

3rd August 2018 | immigration | Housing
Govan Law Centre to seek interdict against Serco move

Holyrood bill sets targets for cutting fuel poverty

27th June 2018 | government-administration , welfare/benefits | Housing
Strategy to be set covering years to 2040

Social housing provisions of 2014 Act to come in next year

15th May 2018 | Housing
Order made confirming 1 May and 1 November 2019 dates

Landlord registration system proposed to be strengthened

4th April 2018 | Housing
Consultation runs on legal compliance and increased fees

Scots need Finnish scheme to tackle homelessness, MSPs report

12th February 2018 | Housing
Call for permanent, not temporary housing, with further support
  • «
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3 (current)
  • 4
  • 5
  • »

Additional

  • News and events

In this section

  • Legal news
  • Law Society news
  • CPD & Training
  • Blogs & opinions
  • Events
  • 75th Anniversary

Categories

  • civil litigation
  • criminal law
  • employment
  • obituary
  • careers
  • practice management
  • law society of scotland
  • government-administration
  • welfare/benefits
  • family-child law
  • reparation
  • professional regulation
  • property (non-commercial)
  • insolvency
  • consumer
  • human rights
  • mental health-adult incapacity
  • planning/environment
  • europe
  • information technology
  • immigration
  • education-training
  • executries
  • corporate
  • commercial property
  • agriculture-crofting
  • dispute resolution
  • risk management
  • intellectual property
  • client relations
  • tax
  • licensing
  • banking-financial services
  • trusts-asset management
  • reviews
  • opinion
  • For the public
  • Research and policy
  • Regulation
  • Journal online news
  • interview

News Archive

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
Law Society of Scotland
Atria One, 144 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EX
If you’re looking for a solicitor, visit FindaSolicitor.scot
T: +44(0) 131 226 7411
E: lawscot@lawscot.org.uk
About us
  • Contact us
  • Who we are
  • Strategy reports plans
  • Help and advice
  • Our standards
  • Work with us
Useful links
  • Find a Solicitor
  • Sign in
  • CPD & Training
  • Rules and guidance
  • Website terms and conditions
Law Society of Scotland | © 2025
Made by Gecko Agency Limited