As the majority of Scotland moves out of tier 3, the temporary eviction ban has lifted, and campaigners are anticipating a wave of evictions despite not being clear of the pandemic.
No Evictions
“This is only the beginning of what could prove an explosive few years. That’s the message from Kenmure Street.”
Analysis: The battle of Kenmure Street inaugurates a new Tory assault on liberties
Nicola Sturgeon announced that the eviction ban in Scotland is to be extended until March 2021, however there have been 350 eviction orders applied for already, with many more expected.
Evictions Ban Extended, but Renters Still Left Unprotected
The stabbings in Park Inn hotel in Glasgow on Friday are an awful outcome of a system which breaks many of the people caught in its vice. Of course not everyone put through the savagery of the Home Office’s asylum seeker system and locked away in a hotel room for months goes on to commit […]
A terrible outcome of an awful system that leaves no one safe
It is difficult to think of many things more contemptible than a protest which intimidates and violently attacks asylum seekers and refugees. The last thing someone who is just trying to get a safe place to live, and may well be experiencing trauma having been forced to flee war or social strife in their homeland, […]