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008			111219s2003 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u122754
245			_aSerious reservations on Scottish policy proposals
260			_c2003
490			_aResidential Renting _v(22) May 2003, 24-25(2)
520			_aReports critically on the private rented sector repairing proposals contained in the Scottish Housing Improvement Task Force's (HITF) final report on "Stewardship and responsibility" which seeks ways to improve the quality and condition of private sector housing in Scotland. HITF believes that the incidence of disrepair is a market failure caused by insufficient incentives to carry out repairs and improvements on properties in the worst condition. Discusses the proposed highly penal framework through which landlords' failure to carry out necessary repairs will be decided by a new private rented housing tribunal based on the current rent assessment committee system. Lists the key elements of the proposed modernising statutory repairing standard obligation of private landlords.
590			_aABS
650			_aPRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING
650			_aREPAIRS
650			_aFITNESS FOR OCCUPATION
650			_aREPAIRING OBLIGATIONS
650			_aRENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
650			_aDISREPAIR
650			_aSCOTLAND
690			_aHOUSING-PRIVATE RENTED SECTOR
856			_uhttps://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/47034/0028741.pdf _zView the final report free of charge at www.scotland.gov.uk
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999			_c72932 _d72932