Archive for the ‘housing’ Topic
Report: Stories to be told
Published: 3 May 2013
Consumer Focus Investigations, together with Consumer Focus Wales and with the support of Consumer Focus Scotland, has embarked on a detailed review of the mobile homes sector across Great Britain. This review was sparked by a number of worrying stories we heard from residents and representative bodies. This report focuses on the work we undertook [...]
Consultation Response: Response to the Scottish Government’s Consultation on Homes that don’t cost the earth
Published: 28 September 2012
Consumer Focus Scotland welcomes the opportunity to respond to this consultation. Since 2003/04, energy prices for domestic consumers have more than doubled. While there have been considerable and welcome improvements in the energy efficiency of Scotland’s housing, these improvements have not been sufficient to offset increases in energy prices, and Scottish Government data shows [...]
Consultation Response: CFS response to the Scottish Government Consultation on a Strategy for the Private Rented Sector
Published: 11 July 2012
Consumer Focus Scotland (CFS) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the consultation on a Strategy for the Private Rented Sector. Our organisation has a long history of involvement in housing policy development. The Scottish Consumer Council, one of our predecessor organisations, was a member of the Housing Improvement Task Force, and chaired the subgroup „Landlords [...]
Consultation Response: Consumer Focus Scotland Response on the Introduction of a Tenant Information Pack in the Private Rented Sector
Published: 22 May 2012
Consumer Focus Scotland (CFS) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the consultation on the introduction of a tenant information pack in the private rented sector. Our organisation has a long history of involvement in housing policy development. The Scottish Consumer Council, one of our predecessor organisations, was a member of the Housing Improvement Task Force, [...]
News: Consumer watchdog wants to hear from park homes residents
Published: 6 March 2012
Consumer Focus is asking people who live in park homes to tell them of any issues they face. The consumer watchdog is interviewing individual park homes residents about their experiences for a major report, which it will launch in autumn 2012, and want more residents to get in touch to discuss their experiences – both good [...]
Consultation Response: Response to the draft Office of Fair Trading guidance for estate agents consultation – December 2011
Published: 12 January 2012
Consumer Focus and Consumer Focus Scotland welcomes the consultation on the draft Office of Fair Trading (OFT) guidance for estate agents. We are grateful for the early sight of the original draft guidance and are able to see that many of our initial informal suggestions have been incorporated into the revised draft forming part of this [...]
Consultation Response: Consumer Focus Scotland’s response to the Scottish Housing Regulator’s consultation on the Regulation of Social Housing in Scotland
Published: 23 November 2011
Consumer Focus Scotland welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Scottish Housing Regulator’s consultation on the regulation of social housing in Scotland. Consumer Focus Scotland, and previously the Scottish Consumer Council, one of Consumer Focus Scotland’s predecessor bodies, have had a longstanding interest in housing issues across all sectors in Scotland from the perspective of [...]
Consultation Response: Response to the Scottish Government consultation on the Maintenance of Land on Private Housing Estates
Published: 8 June 2011
Consumer Focus Scotland welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Scottish Government consultation on the maintenance of land on private housing estates. We have a long history of working on private housing issues, and on property factoring in general.
News: Consumer Focus Scotland’s response to Moneysupermarket’s research on household expenditure
Published: 11 May 2011
Sarah O’Neill, Head of Policy at Consumer Focus Scotland, responding to new research from moneysupermarket.com on strains on household expenditure, says the increasing squeeze on people’s finances means it’s more important than ever to get the best deal for household costs: “There seems to be a general reluctance for people to shop around for the [...]
Consultation Response: Consumer Focus Scotland response to the Scottish Government consultation on the Right to Adapt Common Parts in Scotland
Published: 24 March 2011
Consumer Focus Scotland is pleased to be able to respond to the Scottish Government consultation on the Right to Adapt Common Parts in Scotland. Our response to this consultation therefore strives to balance the rights of people with disabilities to adapt common parts with the rights of other affected owners.