Covid recovery consultation: easy read version
The Scottish Government and Disability Equality Scotland co-produced this Easy Read document to support a virtual Disability Consultation Workshop. The Workshop invited disabled people to share their views on Covid recovery and changes to the law.
Theme 4 – Protection from eviction
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In this theme the Tribunal is a group of people who make decisions about housing and property in the private sector.
They do not make decisions about social housing.
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A private landlord is a person who rents a property to a person called a private tenant.
In this theme they will simply be called ‘landlord’ and ‘tenant’.
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Before the Covid pandemic landlords could ask the Tribunal to agree that someone could be evicted for one reason.
Evicted means the tenant must leave the property.
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If the reason for ending the tenancy was rent arrears the Tribunal usually had to agree to the eviction.
Rent arrears is when a tenant has not paid their rent to their landlord.
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In the pandemic the Scottish Government introduced temporary laws to protect tenants from eviction in 2 ways:
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1. The Tribunal can look at all the information in a case and not just one reason before they decide if a tenant can be evicted.
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2. Landlords must work with a tenant in rent arrears before asking the Tribunal to agree to an eviction.
This could mean agreeing how rent arrears can be paid back.
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The Scottish Government thinks the law about landlords working with tenants in rent arrears should be made permanent.
This would make sure tenants can be protected as much as possible.
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The Scottish Government also wants to know what you think about the Tribunal looking at all the information in an eviction case for any reason.
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