The Scottish coalition Government has finally revealed its plans for the private rented sector including permanent rent controls, new rights to keep pets, decorate rented homes and stronger protection against eviction.
The Scottish government has promised that proposals to deliver on its New Deal for Tenants are imminent.
Vast majority of landlords have flatly rejected future widespread rent control across Scotland, in a new Holyrood survey.
New safety regulations due to impact private landlords in Scotland have been labelled a logistical nightmare by one Edinburgh letting agent.
UK rents increased by 6.2% in the year to December 2023 - the joint highest annual percentage change since 2016.
A new adjudication process for rent controls in Scotland could add further layers of bureaucracy without benefitting landlords or tenants.
Edinburgh councillors have declared a housing emergency in a bid to force Holyrood to boost funding.
The Scottish government’s PRS reform consultation does not give landlords and agents the ability to get their views across, according to the boss of automated rental payment firm PayProp UK.
