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More landlords predict Scotland will attract the most residential property investment outside of London and the South East in the next...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Scotland’s new Housing Bill - introducing a laborious eviction process and rent caps across the country - will ‘compound the mistakes’...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The controversial proposal for permanent rent controls in Scotland, published just ahead of the Easter holiday, doesn’t go far enough for...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Government’s Housing Bill allows SNP and Green politicians to create rent control areas, triggered by local authorities, and this...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Government says rent controls - already existing as a so-called emergency measure - will become permanent. Scottish First Minister Humza...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Government, despite being in the middle of electing a new First Minister, is pressing ahead with legislation for long-term...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Three more social housing landlords have been ‘named and shamed’ by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The trio - two of which are...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Plans to extend tenants’ rights that were introduced as an emergency measure during pandemic will have a ‘devastating’ effect on the...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...
03 March 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
The UK’s first Minister for Tenants’ Rights says he will introduce rent controls because renters currently “pay way over the odds”. Although...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The Housing and Planning Bill, which includes measures to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents, should also address the issue of...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News
A tenants’ campaign group claims the Starter Homes scheme will help just 200,000 first-timer buyers, leaving 2 million aspiring home owners...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News
Campaign group Generation Rent is calling for tenants who are served notice to leave a property to be compensated by landlords. The...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Conservative MPs have defeated a Labour amendment to the government’s housing and planning bill to require landlords to ensure their properties...
13 January 2016
From: Breaking News
The Government is poised to introduce tough new laws for landlords this week – with fines of up to £30,000 for...
22 December 2015
From: Breaking News
Private housing tenants from across income scales are living in unsafe homes that fail to meet basic legal standards, a report...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News
Vulnerable tenants will find it more difficult to access housing following the passing of the Welsh Government’s Renting Homes Bill, according...
04 December 2015
From: Breaking News
Local councils are being urged to drop landlord licensing schemes following the publication of new laws showing that they are not...
15 October 2015
From: Breaking News
Rogue landlords will be banned from letting property under new measures to be brought in under the Housing and Planning Bill. The...
15 October 2015
From: Breaking News
The tiny number of landlord convictions is no deterrent to the worst landlords, Generation Rent has said, as it calls on...