Acknowledgements
In developing this resource pack we have drawn on the expertise and good will of a considerable number of organisations and individuals from within Scotland and the wider UK. The team would like to express our sincere thanks to all those who gave so freely of their time, knowledge and experience; particular thanks go to those organisations that agreed to act as case study examples.
Thanks are also due to COSLA and the representatives of Aberdeenshire, the City of Edinburgh Council and Scottish Borders Councils who sat on the research advisory group. We are also grateful to representatives from the Scottish Housing Best Value Network for their comments on early drafts of these materials and to the Scottish Association of Landlords and the Scottish Rural Property and Business Association for their very thoughtful comments and assistance throughout the development of this document.
Finally, our special thanks go to Alison Byrne and Colin Affleck from the Private Rented Housing Team and to Liz Hawkins from the Housing Research Team at the Scottish Government. Their advice and support throughout this project has been much appreciated by the Craigforth team.