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There could be around 22,000 fewer homes available to rent in Scotland at the start of 2024 than just a year ago, according to a survey by the largest landlord membership body in the country. A survey of its members by the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) also found the biggest reasons for th

The lack of a strategic, evidence-based approach to the private rented sector (PRS) by the Scottish Government is impacting the effectiveness of the sector in assisting with Scotland’s housing crisis, according to one of the key findings in the latest Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan (RRT

Private renters are being urged to know their rights before the emergency rent cap and additional eviction protections in Scotland come to an end from 1 April. An awareness-raising campaign from the Scottish Government will highlight the rights of tenants and what they should expect from their landl

Glasgow-based agency Rosevale Letting has grown its portfolio with the acquisition of several letting properties from competitor Ross Sales & Lettings, which entered liquidation last month. Riccardo Giovanacci, managing director of Rosevale Letting, said: "When the opportunity came up to acquire

After recording an episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast on the subject of the proposed rent adjudication scheme for the private rented sector, Jimmy Black shares his own experiences.

A Dundee-based letting agent has been caught embezzling over £40,000 from her employer BS Properties Ltd. Amber Milne, 42, who worked as a letting agent for the company managing a portfolio of 150 properties, allegedly pocketed sums in the tens of thousands on several occasions between October

The Scottish Government has been urged to “act now” to prevent “disastrous consequences” for private tenants after the current cap on rents comes to an end next month.

An Edinburgh letting agent has hit out at the latest changes to safety regulations that private landlords must comply with or risk prosecution. The government-issued Repairing Standard Guidance sets repair requirements for landlords in Scotland’s private sector with the latest revisions due to

On the day that Independent Age launches its new research report on how to improve the lives of older renters, Scotland policy and public affairs manager Debbie Horne writes exclusively for Scottish Housing News about the charity's call for greater protections. Today at Independent Age we launch our

Older Scottish renters living on a low income urgently need greater protections in the upcoming Housing Bill, according to Independent Age amid a new report into the reality of renting in later life in Scotland.

An Edinburgh sheriff has ruled that the former solicitor of a widow’s late husband who had been renting out a flat the couple owned without her knowledge was required to pay £14,4000 in rent payments from 2007 to 2009, plus over £17,000 in interest, after she raised an action for

Marcus Di Rollo examines the impacts of the Scottish Government's rent cap on investors, developers, and tenants, and explores the upcoming challenges and potential changes in rent control policies. The Scottish Government’s rent cap divides opinion. On one hand, it has arguably protected

Regulations to introduce an arbitration scheme that aims to avoid excessive private rent increases when the current emergency rent cap regulations come to an end have been laid in the Scottish Parliament. Measures in the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act which implemented a rent

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has dismissed a repairing standard application raised by two tenants against the creditor of their former landlord after an appeal was made against the First-tier Tribunal’s decision that the creditor could be regarded as the landlord for the purposes of the ap

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth time in a row since the introduction of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022.