Housing (Scotland) Act 1988

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u) accept any gift or grant made to it for the purposes of any of its general functions and powers and, subject to the terms of the gift or grant and to the provisions of this Act, apply it for those purposes; 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. The date specified must be at least one month from the date of the service of the notice. If the term of the tenancy was for a period of less than six months then the amount of notice required is either equal to the term of the tenancy or one month, whichever is longer. If the term of the tenancy was originally for six months or more, then six months' notice is required before the new rent can take effect. [2] Referral of a rent increase notice by a tenant to a Rent Officer under section 24(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 d) guarantee obligations (arising out of loans or otherwise) incurred by other persons, or grant indemnities;

a) in subsection (2)(a) to (d), (m) and (o) above may be exercised only with the approval of the Secretary of State given with the consent of the Treasury or in accordance with a general authority given by him with such consent; For the purposes of section 278 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (general vesting declarations) Scottish Homes shall be deemed to be a public authority to which that section applies.protection from frequent rent increases – your rent cannot go up more than once a year and you must get at least 3 months' notice of any increase

e) promoting and assisting the development of housing associations, maintaining a register of housing associations and exercising supervision and control over registered housing associations; g) acquire land (including servitudes or other rights in or over land by the creation of new rights) compulsorily; After section 239 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 there shall be added the following section— S-239A Scottish Homes shall not, except with the consent of the Secretary of State, dispose of any land intended for use for commercial, recreational or other non-domestic purposes for less than the best consideration which can reasonably be obtained.b) sections 6 and 70 to 78 of the Railway Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 (as originally enacted and not as amended by section 15 of the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1923 ),

k) develop land or carry out works on land, and maintain or assist in the maintenance of any such works; g) such other general functions as are conferred upon Scottish Homes by or under this Act or any other enactment. Section cited in: one other sources, 16 Laws or Regulations Amended by

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Dissolution of SSHA and transfer of its property, rights, liabilities and obligations to Scottish Homes. Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above and subject to subsection (3) below Scottish Homes may—

your landlord gives you written notice that they want you to leave because you've broken a condition of your tenancy agreement Schedule 2 to this Act has effect for the purpose of making other amendments to the enactments specified in that Schedule consequential upon the abolition of the Scottish Special Housing Association and the establishment of Scottish Homes and for connected purposes. d) promoting the provision and improvement of housing and the improvement of management of housing (whether by its occupants or otherwise);

If you have a short assured or assured tenancy which started before 1 December 2017, this can continue until either your or your landlord brings it to an end.