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This guide was produced by the Scottish Executive and aims to provide the answers to most questions on the rights and responsibilities of both the landlord and the tenant.
It does not apply to:
a. council tenants
b. tenants living in the same house as the landlord (but see question 2(xi))
c. tenants of private landlords whose tenancies started before 2 January 1989
d. tenants of registered housing associations whose tenancies started before 2 January 1989 (but see question 3)

You can get in touch with the Rent Assessment Committee for your area at the following addresses:

If you live in the following Council areas; Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Falkirk, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire, Western Isles.

Clerk to the Rent Assessment Committee
Sixth Floor
78 St Vincent Street
GLASGOW G2 5UB

Telephone 0141 204 2261 Fax 0141 204 2271

If you live in the following Council areas; Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, East Lothian, City of Edinburgh, Fife, Highland, Midlothian, Moray, Orkney Islands, Perth and Kinross, Scottish Borders, Shetland, West Lothian.

Clerk to the Rent Assessment Committee
48 Manor Place
EDINBURGH EH3 7EH

Telephone: 0131 226 1123 Fax 0131 220 0110

 

OTHER USEFUL ADDRESSES

Housing advice may be available from:

i. your local Council Housing Department; or

ii. your local Citizen's Advice Bureau.

For details of your local CAB go to www.cas.org.uk or contact the head office at the address below.

Citizens Advice Scotland
26 George Square
EDINBURGH EH8 9LI

Telephone: 0131 667 0156

There are also, Shelter Housing Aid Centres (SHAC) in Scotland which provide free, independent advice and assistance. For details go to www.shelterscotland.org.uk or contact any of the following offices:

Aberdeen SHAC
47 Belmont Street
ABERDEEN AB1 1JS
Telephone 01224 645586

Edinburgh SHAC
Ground Floor Unit 2
Kittle Yards Causewayside
EDINBURGH EH9 1PJ
Telephone 0131 466 8031

Glasgow SHAC
53 St Vincent Crescent
GLASGOW G3 8NO
Telephone 0141 221 8995

Nithsdale Housing Advice Service
Holywood Trust Building
Old Assembly Close
Irish Street
DUMFRIES DGI 2PH
Telephone 01387 51192

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