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Protecting tenants during the pandemic
March 25, 2020
In March 2020, like so many people across the world, our lives were up-ended by the Covid-19 pandemic.As Scotland and the rest of the UK prepared for lockdown, we knew that tenants across Scotland...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareTenants’ group shuts down property investment workshop
February 29, 2020
NEWS: Tenants’ group shuts down property investment workshop Tenants’ Union Living Rent organised the protest against what they describe as “parasitic housing practices” The event was cancelled after protesters inside challenged the organisers on...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareTackling short-term lets
January 24, 2020
Across Scotland, but particularly in Edinburgh and the Highlands, more and more housing is being used as holiday accommodation for growing numbers of tourists. Due to the housing crisis, Living Rent has long-held that...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareNo SERCO evictions - Holding corporate power to account
September 16, 2019
In September 2019, Serco’s Home Office contract to house asylum seekers came to an end, in part as a result of the pressure exerted by public campaigning led by a coalition of refugee and...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMuirhouse tenants demand Council act on housing problems
March 13, 2019
Members of Living Rent descended on the Council North Office in West Pilton on 5th of March to demand action on housing problems in the Muirhouse high rises. The main issues highlighted were: dysfunction-ing...
Read More Add your reaction ShareLiving Rent members protest bogus rent consultation
January 17, 2018
Living Rent members of one Glasgow housing association in Whiteinch have dropped banners from their flats in protest at a bogus rent consultation offering residents a minimum rent increase of 3.5%. This follows on...
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