Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has met with some of the team behind Hope Cohousing. Based in the Orkney Islands, the project will become Scotland’s first entirely rental co-housing scheme. The SNP representative told Radio Orkney on Tuesday [4th April] evening that she loved speaking with those driving the development. The community interest company,Continue reading “Highlands & Islands MSP meets team behind Scotland’s first co-housing rental project”
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Emma Roddick MSP welcomes Scottish Government’s commitment to long-term tenant protection legislation
Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed the Scottish Government’s assurance that work is continuing towards the implementation of long-term protections for private housing tenants, stating that more permanent measures are vital in ensuring the security of renters across Scotland. Ms Roddick pressed the Minister for Tenants’ Rights, Patrick Harvie, to report on theContinue reading “Emma Roddick MSP welcomes Scottish Government’s commitment to long-term tenant protection legislation”
Highlands & Islands MSP announced as Centre for Homelessness Impact ‘End it With Evidence’ Ambassador
MSP for the Highlands & Islands Emma Roddick has recently been named as a Centre for Homelessness Impact ‘End it With Evidence’ Ambassador. The UK-based charity champions evidence-led change by better collection and use of data on homelessness. Speaking in the recent online Impact Forum run by the charity, Ms Roddick shared her own experienceContinue reading “Highlands & Islands MSP announced as Centre for Homelessness Impact ‘End it With Evidence’ Ambassador”
Highlands & Islands MSP sponsors social housing shelter event in Scottish Parliament, sharing lived experience of homelessness
Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has sponsored a Shelter Scotland event in this Scottish Parliament this week. Attendees of the event, titled Social Housing as the Foundation of Social Justice, heard from speakers Alison Watson, Director of Shelter Scotland, SallyAnn Kelly OBE, CEO of Aberlour, and Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, HousingContinue reading “Highlands & Islands MSP sponsors social housing shelter event in Scottish Parliament, sharing lived experience of homelessness”
Emma Roddick MSP uses first summer recess meeting to visit Highland Housing Alliance
To mark the start of her summer recess tour, Emma Roddick visited the Highland Housing Alliance to find out more about the work they’re doing to create more affordable homes in the Highlands and future projects. Following the visit, Roddick commented: “It was great to hear more about the work that the Highland Housing AllianceContinue reading “Emma Roddick MSP uses first summer recess meeting to visit Highland Housing Alliance”
£161,630 SPENT IN ORKNEY PROTECTING HOUSEHOLDS FROM CRUEL TORY CUTS, INCLUDING BEDROOM TAX
£161,630 has been spent this year in Orkney mitigating cruel Tory cuts including the disgraceful bedroom tax. In 2021/22 £161,630 was provided by the SNP Scottish Government in Discretionary Housing Payments to protect families from cuts, with £137,413 spent mitigating the impact of the cruel Tory bedroom tax in Orkney. Across Scotland £82million has beenContinue reading “£161,630 SPENT IN ORKNEY PROTECTING HOUSEHOLDS FROM CRUEL TORY CUTS, INCLUDING BEDROOM TAX”
RODDICK ON OSCARS GIFT BAG SCANDAL: “OUR LAND IS NOT A COMMODITY AND NOT A JOKE”
Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has weighed in on the recent land ownership scandal surrounding the “Everyone Wins” gift bags for top nominees at the Academy Awards, where recipients were given informal certificates from Highland Titles Ltd claiming they are now ‘lords’ and ‘ladies of Glencoe’ and granting them ownership of 1 square footContinue reading “RODDICK ON OSCARS GIFT BAG SCANDAL: “OUR LAND IS NOT A COMMODITY AND NOT A JOKE”“
HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS MSP THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND NUS SCOTLAND STUDENT HOUSING CAMPAIGN
SNP MSP Emma Roddick, attending a rally outside the Scottish Parliament in support of the Fix Student Housing campaign on Wednesday [23RD MARCH], expressed her support for the campaign’s aims and pledged to work to end substandard housing conditions experienced by Scotland’s students. The campaign, organised by the National Union of Students, seeks to increaseContinue reading “HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS MSP THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND NUS SCOTLAND STUDENT HOUSING CAMPAIGN”
SNP MSP criticises Tory Bedroom Tax and “remarkable” low spend on UK housing support
Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has criticised the UK Government’s spend on Discretionary Housing Payments, highlighting that the total spend in England and Wales is only slightly more than what is spent in Scotland, where it is estimated over £71 million is being spent annually to mitigate the Tories’ Bedroom Tax. The SNP MSPContinue reading “SNP MSP criticises Tory Bedroom Tax and “remarkable” low spend on UK housing support”
Roddick calls for measures to control growth in number of second homes
SNP MSP Emma Roddick has questioned the Scottish Government on when her party’s manifesto commitment to devolve powers to local authorities to manage high numbers of second homes would be progressed. Commenting on the importance of this policy, she said: “I was elected last year on the strength of an SNP manifesto which promised aContinue reading “Roddick calls for measures to control growth in number of second homes”
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