Govan Law Centre welcomes Salmond’s ‘No evictions for bedroom tax’ by SNP Councils but warns of a post-code tax eviction lottery in Scotland

Solicitor Mike Dailly of Govan Law Centre Glasgow
Mike Dailly Principal Solicitor Govan Law Centre Glasgow

 

glclogoBy Govan Law Centre

Saturday 23rd March 2013 

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GLC No EvictionsThe First Minister, Alex Salmond MSP announced today that all SNP-led local authorities would embrace a ‘no evictions for bedroom tax’ policy, ensuring that where tenants were paying their rent but struggling to cope with the bedroom tax, they would not be evicted by their local authority landlord.

This policy approach was first proposed in Scotland by Govan Law Centre, and our ‘No evictions for bedroom tax’ campaign has since been backed by a wide range of civic bodies in Scotland including the STUC, Oxfam, Shelter Scotland, tenants bodies, mental health charities and almost 5,000 signatures to our petition to the Scottish Parliament.

The SNP currently lead nine of Scotland’s 32 local authorities although they only have a majority in one council, Dundee City Council, which has already implemented a 12 month ‘No evictions for bedroom tax’ policy.

GLC welcomes the First Minister’s commitment to the ‘No evictions for bedroom tax’ campaign, but notes that:

 

‘the Scottish Government has the power to require all of Scotland’s 32 local authorities and 183 registered social landlord housing associations and co-operatives to embrace the same policy which the First Minister has today embraced and approved.’

GLC believes it would be grossly unfair for only some tenants to benefit from this policy in Scotland while others do not.

 
We do not believe that a ‘post-code bedroom tax eviction lottery’ is in the Scottish public interest.
 
We hope that the Scottish Government will embrace the need to ensure that all tenants in the social rented sector in Scotland benefit from a ‘No evictions for bedroom tax’ policy.
 
 

 

2 thoughts on “Govan Law Centre welcomes Salmond’s ‘No evictions for bedroom tax’ by SNP Councils but warns of a post-code tax eviction lottery in Scotland

  1. Humanity2012 says:

    It is the Regime that Needs Evicting for Poor Quality Government Not the Poor and Vulnerable

    The ” No Evictions for Bedroom Tax ” is a Lot Better than just Sheepishly Going
    Along with Con Dem Westminster Regime Diktats

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