PE01468, PE01496
Petition PE01468: by Mike Dailly On Evictions due to under occupation deductions
The Committee considered the above petition at its meeting on 12 November 2013. Further details about the petition can be found here. The written submissions that the Committee received in relation to the petition are listed below:
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) (253KB pdf)
SFHA Annex (80KB pdf)
Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) (197KB pdf)
Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO) (80 KB pdf)
Petition PE01496: by Alan Wyllie on Bedroom Tax Mitigation
At its meeting on 3 December 2013, the Committee agreed to write to the following organisation’s to seek their views on petition PE01496 on Bedroom Tax Mitigation –
Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO), Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), COSLA, Scottish Government, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA), Shelter Scotland and Scottish Trade Union Congress.
Further details about the petition can be found here.
Responses received so far:
ALACHO (140KB pdf)
CIH (132KB pdf)
COSLA (110KB pdf)
SFHA (182KB pdf)
Scottish Government (138KB pdf)
The Committee has also received emails in support of petition PE01496. 455 emails in total have been received with the following text from individuals:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I contact you to express my support of petition PE01496: Bedroom Tax Mitigation. This petition calls for the Scottish Government to fund the Bedroom Tax in Scotland which is estimated at £53 million.
At present, there is approximately £35 million to mitigate the bedroom tax in Scotland via the Bedroom Tax. £20 million of this money is not ring-fenced for the bedroom tax. This means that there are some tenants who are still unprotected from the Bedroom Tax.
Providing this funding would result in every tenant in Scotland being protected from the bedroom tax while ensuring that safeguarding income streams for SLRs in Scotland.