Letting agents have warned that introducing rent controls for purpose-built student accommodation in Scotland will have a “chilling” effect on investment.
Exempting build-to-rent developers from future rent controls in Scotland could result in a two-tier market and an unworkable system.
Only 9% of properties sold by landlords in Scotland in a recent 12-month period returned to the private rented sector, a new survey has found.
A third of private tenants in Scotland find it hard to pay their rent each month, according to a new poll.
A leading Scots letting agent has warned that policies which seek to undermine the PRS are damaging tenants’ wellbeing.
Landlords in Scotland should be made to routinely provide data rather than simply respond to requests from local authorities, according to a report into the Housing Bill by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee.
Short-term let landlords in Edinburgh have won a third successful challenge against the council’s licensing scheme.
