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At Shelter Scotland, they don’t provide houses, but they do provide answers.
From homelessness to the homeowner, Shelter Scotland housing advice for everyone.
Shelter Scotland services, policy & research and campaign teams come together to create the best possible outcomes for people in housing need.
Shelter provides practical support and advice to people experiencing bad housing or homelessness, by informing professionals, and by campaigning for legislative change.
The rights of tenants in Scotland are strongly embedded in legislation.
This legislation and its enactment since the 1980’s has led to the rights of tenants to have a say in many aspects of their housing as renters / tenants.
One of these outcomes has been improved quality standards of rental housing in Scotland.
A level of accountability between landlords and the tenant has a level of reciprocity that leads to a fairer and more balanced relationship and enhanced tenancy sustainment.

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Community attitudes towards poverty and inequality in Australia

Presentations and Webinars | Publication Date: 14 December 2023

A seminar on the findings from the ACOSS and UNSW partnership report, presented by Scientia Professor Carla Treloar, Jacqueline Phillips and Mark Chenery for the UNSW Social Policy Research Centre on...

Ending Child Poverty in Australia – BSL Talks

Presentations and Webinars | Publication Date: 27 October 2023

Special Anti-Poverty Week edition of the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL) Talks webinars. Focuses on Ending child poverty in...

ABCB Standard for Livable Housing Design (mandatory)

Guides and Templates | Publication Date: 24 April 2023

The ABCB has released 2 new publications to support practitioners’ understanding of the new livable housing design provisions in the NCC, and the ABCB Standard for Livable Housing...

A Guide to Providing Housing Focused Support

Guides and Templates | Publication Date: 1 December 2022

Build your knowledge of activities and interventions that help people to gain and sustain a home with this series of practice guides. Each guide breaks down a core component of housing-focused...

In 2005 the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment released a three part resource on Effective Engagement: building relationships with community and other stakeholder. In 2015, it...

Tenant Participation (Q Shelter Learning Exchange held June 2022)

Guides and Templates | Publication Date: 24 June 2022

Tenant participation is an important part of the work undertaken by Community Housing Providers, it is a two-way process involving tenants working in partnership with providers to share ideas,...

Domestic and Family Violence Resources

Toolkits | Publication Date: 17 June 2022

As a community, we all have a responsibility to put an end to domestic and family violence. In our role as a peak body, Q Shelter has engaged in work which aims to equip providers of housing and...

Think a cyber attack wouldn’t happen to you?

Presentations and Webinars | Publication Date: 24 February 2022

This is a PwC cybersecurity webinar for not-for-profit organisations. Interactive virtual activity Cyber threat detection Changing business, technology and cyber threat landscape A snapshot...