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2010

SHR Inspection of Glasgow Homelessness Services

The Scottish Housing Regulator published its inspection report on Glasgow Homelessness Service's in July 2009.

The Council has developed an Improvement Plan to take forward the actions required to overtake the recommendations within the report. The Council will work with its partners to make the improvements required by the Scottish Housing Regulator.

Glasgow City Council has produced a leaflet to explain how its Homelessness Service is provided, how it can be accessed and how it works. This is a brief guide and if you would like more information about our services please contact any of our offices listed at the back of the Homeless or about to be leaflet.

2009

Commencement of Section 11 of the Homelessness etc (Scotland Act) 2003 From 1st of April 2009, Landlords and creditors will have a new duty to inform the relevant local authority when they raise proceedings for repossession of a property or serve certain notices relating to a mortgage. This is to give local authorities early notice of households who may be at risk of homelessness due to eviction.

The full list of local authority contact points for section 11 is now available on the Scottish Goverment website at Local authority contact points

The notification forms below for landlords and creditors have been amended to include the main tenants date of birth.
- Section 11 Landlord Notification Form
- Section 11 Creditor Notification Form
The booklets below will give you information to help you keep your home and where to get further advice if you need it:

It is the intention of Glasgow City Council to publish details of the Section 11 notices received on a quarterly basis. These are detailed below:

Section 11 - Statistical information April to June 2009
Section 11 - Statistical information July to Sept 2009
Section 11 - Statistical information Oct to Dec 2009
Section 11 - Statistical information Jan to March 2010

2010-2011

Section 11 - Statistical Information April-June 1st Quarter 2010-11
Section 11 - Statistical Information Jul-Sept 2010-11
Section 11 - Statistical Information Oct-Dec 2010-11
Section 11 - Statistical Information Jan-March 2010-11

2011 -2012

Section 11 - Statistical Information Apr-Jun 2011-12
Section 11 - Statistical Information July-Sept 2011-12

The Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland (CIH) in conjunction with the Scottish Government has launched a new web based publication 'Information and guide for landlords on dealing with the aftermath of a sudden death in the home'. It is aimed at anyone who works with tenants to help them to manage these sensitive situations. The guide contains information, case studies and practice examples and provides many links to further websites and documents.

This is the first time CIH has used this type of interactive e-publishing and would appreciate feedback on both this and the content. Feedback can be left at then end of the document or by contacting Scotland.policy@cih.org
Two new mortgage help schemes launched to help home owners struggling to keep up with mortgage payments have begun.

A new Mortgage to Shared Equity scheme involves the Scottish Government taking a financial stake in the home of an owner who is in danger of being made homeless. A new, improved Mortgage to Rent scheme helps people facing repossession to stay in their home as tenants of a social landlord.

The £35m Home Owners' Support Fund will fund both schemes over the next two years. Housing Minister, Alex Neil urged home owners in financial difficulty to seek independent advice as soon as possible.