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The knowledge is out there with that context, and the councils are working with the individuals who may be impacted. That work will vary from council to council and from situation to situation.
As a result of that use of the word “may”, none has been adopted. A decade and a half after the 2010 act was brought in, that does not seem good enough, and amendment 96, therefore, would turn that “may” into a “must”.
The Law Society fears “that those at risk may well not have their first language as English so they may experience problems in communicating and understanding.”
The Scottish Parliament declared a housing emergency on 15 May and, some months back, a third of our member councils across the country declared local housing emergencies.