Support for Scottish government plans to tackle anti-social tenants

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Published by Max Salsbury for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Central Government, Communities

Scottish Government plans to give landlords more power to crack down on anti-social behaviour in social housing has won overwhelming backing, responses to a consultation have confirmed.More than 90% of tenants groups and landlords support landlords being able to take into account previous anti-social behaviour when allocating social housing.Statistics from the independent Scottish Housing Regulator indicate housing associations recorded around 24,000 complaints about anti-social behaviour in 2009-10.The p...

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