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To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements will be made to deal with Glasgow City Council's existing Housing Revenue Account debt should there be a yes vote in the Glasgow housing stock transfer ballot. If tenants vote yes in the Glasgow housing stock transfer ballot, the Treasury has agreed to repay the City Council's outstanding Public Works Loan Bo...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 March 2002
The Scottish Executive has taken action, in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, to extend the legislative remedies available through the introduction of "probationary" tenancies (a special variant of the short Scottish secure tenancy) and by suspending the right to buy for any tenants subject to recovery procedures.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it measures the effectiveness of legislation designed to control anti-social tenants and how many anti-social behaviour orders have been served nationally to date.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action its Housing Improvement Task Force is taking to improve the rights of tenants in the private rented sector. The Housing Improvement Task Force has a wide-ranging remit to look at issues of quality and condition in private sector housing.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will explain the variation in the percentage of rent arrears across Scottish local authorities and which authorities have (a) no formal rent recovery policies (b) no rent arrears recovery timetable (c) delays in pursuing arrears and (d) take no action in respect of former tenants arrears. Rent arrears management is ...
I raised that point with the minister because it was raised with me on my much-fabled visit to the Western Isles, where people were experiencing problems in getting access to a vet.
I felt that her background would not include the culture of travelling people and, as I said, she had to deal with tenants in other areas. Would you go so far as to suggest that, wherever possible, site managers should be drawn from the travelling community itself?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 November 2006
Figures shown are for allsales including sales to sitting tenants,rent to mortgage, voluntary sales, sales to private developers, voluntary transfersto registered social landlords, tenants’ choice sales and other sales.2.