Your location: Deposit Guarantee Schemes in Scotland: a sustainable housing option 2008
March 2008
Written by Lisa Allan, Development Officer (Scotland), Crisis.
Lisa Allan outlines the results of a recent report on how Deposit Guarantee Schemes are working in Scotland. Deposit Guarantee Schemes help homeless people to access private rented accommodation by assisting them with providing a deposit and rent in advance and provide reassurance to landlords in the form of guarantees that enable them to take on homeless or vulnerable tenants when they otherwise would not.