Consultation response: Better dispute resolution in housing

Shelter Scotland welcomes this opportunity to respond to the Scottish Government's consultation on dispute resolution for housing matters. We are strongly in favour of the setting up of a dedicated housing panel. This would provide the opportunity to address weaknesses in the current system, as set out in our response. We are also in favour of promoting mediation as an option for the early prevention of housing issues - provided both parties agree to this. We strongly opposed to the creation of a pre-court housing panel. We feel that this could result in added delay, and the desired results could equally be achieved by the creation of a full housing panel.