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Campaigners Fight Further Student Housing in Edinburgh
27.05.21May 27, 2021

Living Rent are campaigning against the development of the old Tynecastle School in Gorgie/Dalry into purpose built student accommodation, as they argue affordable and social housing are much needed in the area.

Broadcast

Campaigners Fight Further Student Housing in Edinburgh


The eviction ban highlights the need for a permanent Scottish ‘winter truce’
04.12.20December 4, 2020

“There is absolutely no good reason why Scotland should not seek to replicate the French ‘winter truce’, or trêve hivernale, which officially prohibits evictions between 1 November and 31 March.”

Analysis

The eviction ban highlights the need for a permanent Scottish ‘winter truce’


Sean Bell: If the pandemic couldn’t break the stranglehold of landlords on Scotland, what will?
25.11.20November 25, 2020

“What we have learned over the past year is that the planet can be thrown into an upheaval without precedent, and the renter’s lot will remain an unchanging, unloved constant.”

Opinion

Sean Bell: If the pandemic couldn’t break the stranglehold of landlords on Scotland, what will?


Is this doing enough? – A review of the Programme for Government 2020
02.09.20September 2, 2020

“This year’s PfG would have proven to be far too modest even if we were not in the midst of an economic crisis and a global pandemic. In the context of them, the goals being set by the Scottish Government are not doing enough to meet these challenges”

Analysis, Opinion

Is this doing enough? – A review of the Programme for Government 2020


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