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The number of complaints about private rental housing received by Shetland Citizens Advice Bureau has almost doubled in a year, with problems including tenants being given eviction notices. CAB manager Sylvia Jamieson said a lot of the issues surround eviction from properties, with private sector t... Read more...
A landmark agreement to significantly cut the council's historic housing debt has been signed off, paving the way for new homes to be built and lifting the threat of massive rent rises. (more…) Read more...
SIC political leader Gary Robinson has hailed a budget announcement that the UK government will stump up £10 million to patch up Shetland’s historic housing debt. He said today that two-thirds of a three-way settlement were in place and pressure would be maintained on the Scottish government t... Read more...
There will be no new council houses built in Shetland for 25 years unless the UK and Scottish governments help the SIC pay off the long-standing housing debt run up to enable the oil industry in the 1970s. (more…) Read more...