Fairer Scotland

• Why we created Experience Panels

  31st August 2018 by Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP

  Over 2,400 volunteers have signed up to help build a system that works for people.

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• Winter actions on rough sleeping – Kevin Stewart, Housing Minister

  16th August 2018 by Kevin Stewart MSP

  I want Scotland to be a place where no-one needs to sleep rough and where everyone has place they can call home. This holds true no matter what time of year. But as we publish a summary report on the 2017-18 Winter Initiative and the improved outcomes this achieved for people at risk, my thoughts...

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• Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People – Shirley-Anne Somerville

  27th July 2018 by Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP

  

  I was recently given the huge privilege of being appointed to Cabinet, to serve as the Scottish Government’s first Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People. I am proud to be building on the work of my predecessor Jeane Freeman, moving from the passage of the historic Social Security (Scotland) Act on to the...

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• Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government – Aileen Campbell

  26th July 2018 by Aileen Campbell

  

  Being asked to be part of the Scottish Government to serve as the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government is an enormous privilege – that’s because in this role there is the opportunity to help build the fairer and more equal Scotland that I know so many of us seek. And in doing so,...

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• Learning from others: Kevin Stewart, Housing Minister

  20th July 2018 by Kevin Stewart MSP

  

  It is unacceptable that anyone in a country like Scotland should find themselves homeless and I believe everyone needs a safe place they can call home. Everybody found to be homeless in Scotland is entitled to settled housing, yet still too many people struggle to access the accommodation and the services they need. That’s why...

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• Delivering high-quality, efficient homes for all – Kevin Stewart, Housing Minister

  15th June 2018 by Kevin Stewart MSP

  

  Everyone deserves to live in a home that is high-quality, efficient and affordable, and this is why we are committed to delivering suitable homes for communities across Scotland. Since 2007 we have delivered more than 76,500 affordable homes and are also on track to reach our target of at least 50,000 affordable homes over the...

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• Transforming the use of Temporary Accommodation: Housing Minister, Kevin Stewart

  1st June 2018 by Kevin Stewart MSP

  

  Ending rough sleeping and homelessness are national priorities for this Government as part of our drive to create a fairer Scotland. There has been a 40% fall in homelessness applications since 2010 and that is largely due to the innovative and person centred approaches being taken across the country. Where homelessness does occur, Scotland has...

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• GDPR  – a change to data protection law

  24th May 2018 by Alaster Phillips

  The General Data Protection Regulations comes into force on May 25, 2018, giving individuals more control over their personal data, and ensuring that organisations collect and process that information properly and securely. To find out more about GDPR, visit the Information Commissioner’s website.

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• Changes in the Private Rented Sector – May 2018

  23rd May 2018 by Kevin Stewart MSP

  It’s just over six months since the Scottish Government introduced the new Private Residential Tenancy and it’s important that everyone renting privately, or thinking about it, knows about these changes and their new rights. Since 1 December 2017, all new tenancies in the Private Rented Sector have been private residential tenancies (existing short assured tenancies...

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• Eradicating fuel poverty: Housing Minister, Kevin Stewart

  21st May 2018 by Kevin Stewart MSP

  Eradicating fuel poverty is crucial to making Scotland fairer and that is why we will shortly introduce the Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill. This Bill, which many will know as the Warm Homes Bill, will enshrine in legislation our long term ambition to eliminate fuel poverty. Of course, fuel poverty is about...

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