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Glasgow-based Newton Property Management has sold its lettings business to one of its senior executives. The family-owned business manages more than 500 homes on behalf of about 350 landlords in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The Scottish Government has published a consultation on adding new categories to the definition of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO). The consultation paper is seeking views on adding new categories to the definition of an HMO in relation to accommodation that contract and transient workers stay i

The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has demanded “urgent action” from local authorities to tackle the shortage in accessible housing and has also joined a campaign to ban winter evictions. A motion calling for improved access to housing for disabled people was passed at t

After the case to prevent failed asylum seekers being evicted without a court order was dismissed by the Court of Session, our sister publication Scottish Legal News takes a considered look at the judgment.

Campaigners have raised fears over a fresh wave of asylum seeker evictions after a legal bid to prevent failed asylum seekers being evicted without a court order was dismissed by Scotland’s highest court. The case against the Home Office and its contractor Serco was launched in the name of two

The announcement by the UK Government that they will end no fault evictions is welcome news and long overdue and follows the path that already exists in Scotland, writes David Alexander. Scotland provides a model for the future direction that the Private Rented Sector (PRS) operates in England as it

Scottish Labour has condemned a lack of affordable homes and “rip-off” private rents it said are driving more families into poverty. The party’s analysis of Scottish Government data reveals that 20,000 children in the private rented sector were living in severe poverty during the t

Campaigners are calling on the Scottish Government to support major changes to prevent tenants being “forced into poverty by sky-high rents” after a survey pointed towards huge public support for the action. Excluding respondents who said they don’t know, three-quarters of Scots sa

The rapid growth of short-term lets such as Airbnb has been a boon to tourists and landlords, yet it could lead to the misappropriation of housing stock and displacement of long-term residents from their communities if left unregulated, new analysis from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has

Savills has launched a new Residential Lettings service in Edinburgh. Charles McCosh has been appointed head of the new team, specialising in the letting and management of flats, townhouses and family homes.

Inverclyde Council has launched a new scheme to guarantee the deposit on a privately rented property for homeless people, people at risk of becoming homeless and people on low incomes. The £30,000 Deposit Guarantee Scheme (DGS) enables the council to guarantee to pay the deposit on a privately

Matching people who are living in bed and breakfast accommodation to share a tenancy or supporting them into renting a room in private homes are options to be explored by the City of Edinburgh Council. Funding for two feasibility studies is to be provided to investigate alternative routes of providi

Glasgow City Council is to force through a sale of a Govanhill tenement block after its landlords failed to keep the property in an acceptable condition. The Evening Times reports that a compulsory purchase order (CPO) will be issued for seven flats in Westmoreland Street to seize control of the ent

Scotland’s largest membership organisation for landlords in the private rented sector has asked the UK and Scottish Governments to ensure the housing element of Universal Credit is paid directly to private and social landlords for all Scottish claimants. Giving oral evidence to the social secu

A property repair and maintenance reporting system to help residential tenants and landlords has been launched by Scottish Land & Estates (SLE). Believed to be among the first of its kind for the private rented sector in Scotland, the new app and website provides a 24/7 photo and video reporting