Covid Recovery Secretary told MSPs that further protections from eviction are “under close consideration” now an outright ban no longer applies across most of Scotland.
Eviction orders and their enforcement is prohibited in parts of the country under Level 3 and 4 restrictions – currently just Glasgow and Moray.Emergency legislation introduced at the start of the pandemic last year gives all tenants facing eviction up to six months to apply for financial support or find alternative accommodation, Swinney said.He added: “Tribunals now have the discretion to take all factors into account when hearing eviction cases and could decide not to grant an eviction order.”During an urgent question to the Government at Holyrood, Scottish Green MSP.