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The architect of the controversial rent control policies in Scotland has left the government. It is not known what long-term implication this...

Scotland’s new Housing Bill - introducing a laborious eviction process and rent caps across the country - will ‘compound the mistakes’...

A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...

A lack of Energy Performance Certificate enforcement is putting tenants at risk from high energy costs or cold homes, according to...

A Conservative politician has named an individual who he claims is responsible for high rent rises and increasing homelessness. Murdo Fraser, the...

A countryside property organisation has added its voice to the calls for an extension to a licensing scheme for Airbnbs and...

Over a third of private landlords would sell properties if rent controls were introduced in their area, according to a trade...

The long running experiment with rent controls and an eviction ban north of the border may yet continue for years to...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

Councils are to be given powers to enact huge tax increases on second homes and empty properties, the Scottish Government proposes. New...

Politicians in the Scottish Parliament have backed a controversial cap which means rent rises for private tenants mid-tenancy cannot exceed 3.0...

The Scottish Government, despite being in the middle of electing a new First Minister, is pressing ahead with legislation for long-term...

A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...

Two Members of the Scottish Parliament have broken rank with their own party to query the motivation behind a new property...

There are early signs that the controversial private rental sector rent freeze in Scotland could be made permanent. The freeze, along with...

Landlords are not “contributing anything useful to society” a politician has claimed. Over the Christmas and New year break Ross Greer, a...

The so-called emergency rent freeze and eviction ban in Scotland “can serve as a Europe-wide template for protecting tenants rights” according...

A combination of Labour, the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists have pushed through a rent freeze proposal. The Cost of Living...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations says its members are key to tackling the cost of living crisis but rent freezes,...

The politician who is the architect of an emergency private sector rent freeze set to come into force this week has attacked...

Property experts in one part of the UK where rent freezes are a way of life say they make the housing...

The controversial rent freeze policy in Scotland has been described as being “in chaos” by a top lettings agency chief. In a...

An emergency rent freeze in the private and public sectors has been announced this afternoon in Scotland. It will last until...

Scottish Labour Party leader Anas Sarwar has called for the Scottish Government to implement an emergency rent freeze. The freeze, which Sarwar...

The housing chief of the Scottish Government says that all homes in that country - irrespective of tenure - must hit...

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

A newspaper is suggesting that proposals for rent controls could be scuppered because of the relatively large proportion of elected politicians...

Labour is the latest political party to call for rent controls following similar pleas from the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists. Paul...

Councils north of the border will be given powers to ensure short-term lets are safe and meet the needs of local...

The prospect of increased renters’ power has already been seen north of the border with the pledge to introduce rent controls...

The UK’s first Minister for Tenants’ Rights says he will introduce rent controls because renters currently “pay way over the odds”. Although...

Rent controls, possibly ensuring that rents do not exceed 25 per cent of household income, are poised to be introduced into...

Activists are aiming to make the eviction ban a central theme in this spring’s local elections. In early May there are elections...

A tenant organisation has written to almost 130 politicians asking them to do more to protect renters - especially lone females -...

Labour politicians, union leaders and Shelter are amongst those writing to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanding an eviction ban. The protest...

The former leader of the Labour Party in Scotland has joined the board of Shelter, the campaigning charity that has often...

The Green Party says there should be an end to private rental sector eviction grounds “such as the wish of the...

A new Tenant Hardship Loan Fund to help renters cope with housing costs during the Covid-19 pandemic has been launched north...

The decision to delay the minimum energy efficiency standards deadline in Scotland has been welcomed by landlords as a ‘sensible one’.  The...

The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) is calling for an urgent overhaul of how universal credit is paid, with most landlords north of...

The Scottish government is consulting on introducing rent controls north of the border with a view to protecting private sector tenants...

There was bad news for buy-to-let landlords in Scotland yesterday when the Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay proposed a 1% hike...

Landlords and tenants across Scotland will be consulted over plans to impose rent restrictions north of the border. Scottish Labour wants to...

Glasgow or Edinburgh? Glasgow is a lot like Edinburgh, only more affordable. Obviously don’t make that comment if you’re actually talking...

Private tenants north of the border have come together to launch Scotland’s first national union for people living in the private...

A top politician has been reported to the ethics watchdog following accusations that he broke strict parliamentary code on financial and...

March saw the sharpest month-on-month fall in Scottish rents on record, according to the latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move.   Average...

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland has spoken out against the Right to Rent scheme which will require landlords to...