About Shelter Legal
Covering all areas of housing law from homelessness to home ownership, repairs to relationship breakdown, Shelter Legal is the most comprehensive and up-to-date housing law resource available online.
Who is Shelter Legal for?
Shelter Legal is an essential resource for anyone involved in the fields of housing or homelessness. Shelter Legal is ideal for:
- welfare rights centres, Citizens Advice Bureaux and law centres
- other agencies working with clients in housing need, or facing other, housing-related issues, such as relationship breakdown, ill health or disability
- RSLs, housing departments and homelessness units
- students studying law, housing studies or other relevant subjects
- tenants' and residents' associations wishing to get to grips with housing law
- anyone wanting access to a detailed, fully-referenced housing law resource that makes sense of the legislation.
How can Shelter Legal help me?
Shelter Legal offers:
- housing information at your fingertips, to help you deal with everyday queries or unusual cases
- complete references, with links to relevant legislation and case law and other useful information sources
- an email update service and 'what's new' feature highlighting legislative changes you need to know about
- a glossary of Scottish legal terms
- technical support by phone or email
In addition, Legal provides the perfect partner for Shelter's e-learning programme, as a research resource while you're studying and a means of maintaining your knowledge once you've finished your course.
How can Shelter Legal help my organisation?
Besides enabling your organisation to stay up to date with the latest developments in housing legislation, Shelter Legal is recognised by HomePoint as forming part of the information system requirements of the Scottish National Standards for housing information and advice services.
How much does it cost to subscribe to Shelter Legal?
The cost of the subscription depends on the number of people in your organisation or department who will be using the system. Each user will be assigned a licence, which is valid for 12 months. You'll be given full instructions telling you how to set up each user's account.
| Number of users |
Total annual cost (inc. VAT) |
Voluntary organisations cost (25% discount) |
|---|---|---|
| 1-5 |
£200 |
£150 |
| 6-20 |
£300 |
£247.50 |
| 21-50 |
£400 |
£300 |
| 51-100 |
£600 | £450 |
For subscriptions for more than 100 people, please contact 0844 515 2036.
You can pay for your subscription straight away with a credit or debit card, or you can print off an invoice to send your payment by post - and still access Shelter Legal immediately.
Why should I subscribe to Shelter Legal when I can use Get advice for free?
Get advice is the housing advice section of the Shelter website, providing information on a wide range of housing-related topics. It is freely available to the public through Shelter’s website. The site is aimed at the general public, therefore the information is deliberately basic, and is intended to cover only the most common situations.
Shelter Legal, on the other hand, goes into more detail and includes references to legislation and case law, although it still aims to deliver information in a clear and logical form. Using Shelter Legal and Get advice together will enable you not only to gain a clear understanding of housing law and legislation in Scotland, but will also assist you convey this information to your clients and empower them to help themselves if possible.Can I try before I buy?
If you think Shelter Legal could help you, why not try it out for free? Simply sign up for a free trial user account, which will last for 10 days. You'll then be given the option to purchase a subscription.
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