Spotlight on: Housing
As economic conditions and benefit changes affect household income, independent advice can be key to keeping people in their home.
News
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15 Apr 2013
Govan Law Centre have produced a toolkit to challenge decisions about the 'bedroom tax'. If you have received a letter about changes to your housing benefit, you have one month to challenge the decision.
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8 Oct 2012
Citizens Advice Scotland have responded to today’s report by the Scottish Parliament’s Equal Opportunities committee about the rise in youth homelessness.
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31 May 2012
Young Scots who are unable to buy their own home often feel like they have failed in life, according to Citizens Advice Scotland.
Publications
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Publication date: February 2013
Citizens Advice Scotland welcomes the initiative from the Scottish branch of the Trading Standards Institute to address the problem of cold calling for the purposes of property maintenance and repairs. This briefing uses the evidence from the Citizens Advice Consumer Service helpline to demonstrate the consumer detriment caused by such practices.
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A Citizens Advice Scotland guide to neighbour problemsPublication date: May 2012
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Publication date: May 2012
Case evidence from citizens advice bureaux show that many clients have been asked to pay premiums by letting agents. These charges can have a significant impact on the individual’s finances and can put their tenancy at risk.
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Scottish Parliament DebatePublication date: April 2012
In 2003, the Scottish Parliament passed legislation stating that everyone who is homeless will have a right to a home by 2012. In practice, this means ending the system of assessing people as 'priority' or 'non-priority' homeless and giving entitlement to permanent accommodation for all those who are unintentionally homeless. Local authorities will have a duty to house all those who are found to be homeless from January 2013 and to provide the same level of service to all homeless people.
