Policy library
In this library you will find our latest policy reports, briefings, consultation responses, evidence for Scottish Parliament committees etc. This policy work underpins all of our advocacy and influencing activity to bring about change.
Registration of Private Landlords consultation response
It is timely to be revisiting the regulations on the operation of Landlord Registration. Starting in March next year, the first landlords to register will begin the process of reregistration. We are disappointed, however, that the opportunity is not being taken to review the impact of registration, particularly the impact on standards in the private rented sector (PRS).
Published: 31 October 2008
Regulations made under Section 32A of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987
Shelter agrees, in principle, that there might be greater use of the private rented sector (PRS) by allowing local authorities, in some circumstances, to discharge their statutory duty to households who are homeless into a private let.
Published: 30 September 2008
Scotland's Veterans and Forces' Communities: meeting their well-being and welfare needs
Shelter Scotland welcomes the opportunity to comment on proposals to improve services for Forces personnel and their families. Our response focuses on proposals under the theme of housing.
Published: 30 September 2008
A Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme for Scotland
Shelter welcomes the debate on motion S3M-1812. Shelter calls on the Scottish Government to use powers in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 to introduce a Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme without further delay.
Published: 25 June 2008
Progress on homelessness: evidence to Local Government and Communities Committee 11 June 2008
A successor body to the Task Force, the Homelessness Monitoring Group was set up in 2002 and has issued annual reports on the progress being made on homelessness. The Task Force was reconstituted in 2007, following the change in Government and issued its most recent annual report in March 2008. This annual report, along with a report by two local government secondees into the Scottish Government’s Homelessness Team, forms the backdrop to today’s session
Published: 25 June 2008
Housing debate briefing: 1 May 2008
Briefing for Debate on Housing: 1 May 2008 - Shelter welcomes the profile given to housing issues in motion S3M-1812.
Published: 31 May 2008
Housing debate briefing: 8 May 2008
Shelter welcomes the wide-ranging debate on housing issues in motion S3M-1848. The lynchpin of housing policy in Scotland is the drive towards meeting the 2012 target on homelessness. Shelter believes that this target should be at the heart of Scottish Government housing and social justice policy.
Published: 30 May 2008
Committee consideration of draft SPP3: Summary of position on quotas for HMOs
Committee consideration of draft SPP3 – planning for housing - Summary of position on quotas for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs)
Published: 30 April 2008
SPP3 - Planning for Housing
We welcome the opportunity to respond to the consultation on Scottish Planning Policy 3: Planning For Housing (SPP3). This Consultation comes at a time when the Government is considering the direction of its housing policy in light of responses to the discussion document Firm Foundations.
Published: 17 April 2008
Evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Rural Affairs and Environment Committee on rural housing
Consultation Response - Evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs and Environment Committee on rural housing
Published: 15 April 2008