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Serco lock change opponents refused appeal permission
Supreme Court panel decision marks end of the road
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Ten months to evict tenants who refuse to pay, lawyers find
Claim that landlords being driven away from sector
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Low carbon standards coming for new homes
2024 date for rules to reduce emissions
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Court backs Serco as asylum seekers' eviction appeals fail
No tenancy rights, and Serco not liable as public authority: Inner House
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MSPs call for action to force sale of empty homes
Report wants Government to keep promise of compulsory orders
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Short terms lets should be regulated, consultees respond
Answers reveal concerns over impact on housing market
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Fuel Poverty Bill passes final Holyrood stage
Measure sets targets to cover next 20 years
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Call for views on temporary accommodation standards for the homeless
Ministers aim to improve standards for those given emergency housing
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Proposed member's bill would limit private rent rises
Labour MSP claims existing controls inadequate
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Short-term lets: in need of regulation? Ministers consult
Views sought on possible powers for local authorities
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HMO licensing could be extended to protect contract workers
Ministers consult on adding new categories to definition
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Asylum seekers' challenge to Serco lock-changing practice fails
Court finds no breach of statute or Human Rights Convention
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MSPs open inquiry into level of homes sitting empty
Call for evidence as records show 4% of Scotland's dwellings unoccupied
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"Right to rent" rules for landlords declared illegal by High Court
Judge finds key plank of "hostile environment" leads to discrimination
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Average property price in Scotland rises by 2.4 per cent
Latest figures show price growth slightly behind UK average
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Govan Law Centre launches crowdfund to support homeless women
Project aims to tackle gender inequality in homelessness
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Tenancy deposit system serving its purpose, users believe
Research finds majority satisfaction with operation of schemes
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Homeless applicant loses judicial review but leaves with hope
Court states petition would succeed against correct respondents
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Appeal to solicitors to join “world’s biggest sleepout”
Teams needed to support Sleep in the Park on 8 December
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Test case to launch against Glasgow refugee evictions
Govan Law Centre to seek interdict against Serco move
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Holyrood bill sets targets for cutting fuel poverty
Strategy to be set covering years to 2040
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Social housing provisions of 2014 Act to come in next year
Order made confirming 1 May and 1 November 2019 dates
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Landlord registration system proposed to be strengthened
Consultation runs on legal compliance and increased fees
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Scots need Finnish scheme to tackle homelessness, MSPs report
Call for permanent, not temporary housing, with further support