Keir Starmer got into hot water recently after saying landlords did not ‘work’ for their income, but Scotland’s housing minister has taken a very different approach.
Preventing landlords from raising rents in between tenancies is an idea - like rent controls - that simply “could not survive contact with reality”, says Scotland’s landlord body.
Scotland’s landlords and letting agents have warned that the country’s imminent rent controls will backfire.
Policymakers must act to right the wrongs that have been foisted upon the PRS in recent years, says Scottish landlord group.
A leading private rented sector figure has called on both the Scottish and English governments to embrace landlords as part of the solution to problem within both countries housing markets.
The Scottish government has published new evidence that confirms the country’s private rented sector is getting smaller.
Red tape and hostility from Holyrood has caused some landlords to defer investments or take properties off the rental market.
Almost 22,000 homes may have been lost in Scotland during the last year due to perceived hostility towards landlords and concerns over increasing regulation.
