The Housing (Scotland) Bill, which was printed on 27 March, goals to stop homelessness and strengthen tenants’ rights by means of a number of measures – together with higher safety for renters with pets.
It’s no thriller that many leases within the UK have a blanket ban on pets, placing pet homeowners in a fragile position in what’s already a tough housing market. In some circumstances, the shortage of reasonably priced pet-friendly leases pressure folks to take advantage of tough decisions: rehome their pets, or grow to be homeless with them.
The Bill’s proposals embrace long run hire controls for personal tenancies and stronger safety towards eviction, in addition to new rights to maintain pets and beautify rented houses.
Claire Wilson-Leary, Public Affairs Manager at Dogs Trust, welcomed the Bill, saying, “We welcome proposals throughout the Housing (Scotland) Bill that, if handed, will imply landlords can’t unreasonably refuse consent for personal tenants to maintain a pet. We have lengthy referred to as for stronger rights for accountable canine proudly owning tenants to have the ability to maintain a pet.
“We will probably be partaking with the Scottish Government to make clear particulars of when it will be cheap for landlords to refuse consent to make sure that tenants will not be unjustly denied the appropriate to maintain a pet.
“We are also pleased to see that the Bill includes provisions to support social housing tenants who are experiencing domestic abuse. Through Freedom, we support dog owners experiencing domestic abuse, and we will continue to advocate for them so that tenants fleeing domestic abuse are also considered.”
Dogs Trust’s Freedom depends on a community of foster houses to offer non permanent look after dogs whose homeowners must flee home violence, however are unable to right away take their pet with them because of the lack of pet-friendly refuges. If you assume you possibly can assist or would love extra info on the service, go to their website.