Housing (Scotland) Act 1988

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v) turn its resources to account so far as they are not required for the exercise of any of its general functions and powers. shall be incorporated with this section and in construing those Acts for the purposes of this section this section shall be deemed to be the special Act and Scottish Homes to be the promoters of the undertaking or company, as the case may require. If you leave without giving notice, or leave before your notice has run out, you'll still be responsible for the home and any rent you have to pay. If your landlord wants you to leave After section 239 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 there shall be added the following section— S-239A

Assured and short assured tenancies which began before 1 December 2017 can continue until they're brought to an end by you or your tenant. If your tenant's short assured tenancy is renewing on a contractual basis this can continue to renew under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 until either you or the tenant brings it to an end. Further information on the emergency measures introduced by the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022, including the cap on within-tenancy rent increases, is available at: Rent cap: private landlord guidance. if you've lived in a property for more than 6 months, landlords have to give 84 days' notice to leave (unless it's because you've done something wrong) The Scottish Government has developed a recommended Model Tenancy Agreement for the Private Residential Tenancy. Find out more about the Model Tenancy Agreement and how you can create a private residential tenancy agreement online. If you have an assured tenancy, your landlord cannot ask you to leave the property without giving a valid reason.you received a special notice (an AT5 form) before the tenancy started telling you that it's a short assured tenancy local councils can apply to Scottish Ministers to cap the levels of rent increases in areas where rents are rising too much Referral of a rent increase notice by a tenant to a Rent Officer under section 24(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 The Secretary of State may give Scottish Homes directions of a general or specific character as to the exercise of its general functions and powers and it shall be the duty of Scottish Homes to comply with any such directions.

k) develop land or carry out works on land, and maintain or assist in the maintenance of any such works;

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g) acquire land (including servitudes or other rights in or over land by the creation of new rights) compulsorily;