Interpretation2.

In this Order—

“the 1987 Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987; F1...

F2“community hosting” means the provision of a spare room and other support by a member of the community to a homeless household in crisis for a short period of time;

F3“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2);

“household” means the applicant and any person who resides, or might reasonably be expected to reside, with the applicantF4;

F5“isolate” in relation to a person means separation of that person from any other person in such manner as to prevent infection or contamination with coronavirus;

F6“minimum accommodation safety standards” includes standards specified in an enactment for accommodation in relation to health and safety, hygiene, fire, furniture and electrical equipment;

F7“rapid access accommodation” means emergency temporary accommodation for rough sleepers, or those at risk of rough sleeping, which—

(a)

contains a bedroom which is—

  1. (i)

    safe, private and lockable;

  2. (ii)

    furnished; and

  3. (iii)

    of a good standard; and

(b)

provides support to a person using that accommodation to—

  1. (i)

    access benefits or other services through provision of on-site homelessness and support assessments; and

  2. (ii)

    access ongoing support services, including specialist support services; and

F8“shared tenancy accommodation” means accommodation which—

(a)

is shared by no more than 5 people;

(b)

is of a good standard;

(c)

is provided to residents who agree to share accommodation on a temporary basis pending placement in settled accommodation; and

(d)

in which each resident has a private and lockable bedroom.