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App to reduce deposit rows

A mobile phone app designed to reduce disputes between landlords and their tenants has been launched.

Housing charity Shelter Scotland created the free Housemate app for iPhones in a bid to help prevent and resolve rows over the return of deposits.

Director Graeme Brown hailed it as a "simple but highly effective" tool.

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