Scottish Greens

The City of Edinburgh Council has become the first local authority to back a motion in support of rent controls since the introduction of the Scottish Government's new Housing Bill.

Seonad Hoy is to step down from her role as community benefits officer at Wheatley Group as she was elected to represent the Hillhead ward in Glasgow.

The Coronavirus Recovery and Reform Bill will strengthen the rights of tenants and make it harder for landlords to evict tenants, according to the Scottish Greens.

The Scottish Child Payment will be doubled to £20 per week per child from April 2022.

Average rents for two-bedroom properties have increased above inflation in ten out of 18 areas in Scotland compared with 2020, according to official figures from the Scottish Government.

Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie will be formally appointed as minister for zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants’ rights following the approval of a working agreement between the Greens and the SNP. Working with the housing secretary Shona Robison and net zero secretary Mic

Members of the Scottish Green Party have approved the party’s cooperation agreement with the SNP that clears the way for co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater to become Scotland's first Green ministers. Around 83% of members who took part in an extraordinary general meeting on Saturday vo

Scottish Greens co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie are set to take on ministerial roles for transport, housing and energy as part of a working agreement with the Scottish Government. The two have been nominated for ministerial office should party members back the draft co-operation

Plans to implement an effective national system of rent controls, enhance tenants’ rights and deliver 110,000 affordable homes by 2032 have been outlined as part of a working agreement between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Green Party Parliamentary Group. A shared draft policy progr

The Scottish Greens are calling on the Scottish Government to guarantee full mitigation of the benefit cap. The benefit cap is a UK Government policy that caps the amount of social security a household can receive, regardless of the level of need.

The Scottish Government’s Private Rented Sector Resilience Group should include a role for tenant’s unions, the Scottish Greens have said. The party’s co-leader Patrick Harvie raised the issue in the Scottish Parliament after he said the insecurity of the private rented sector

Further measures to protect people from eviction proceedings are “under close consideration” by the Scottish Government, John Swinney has said. Temporary regulations currently in place until the end of September only apply to areas subject to level 3 or 4 restrictions, leading

Scottish Greens candidate for Glasgow Kelvin Patrick Harvie visited a development site in Partick yesterday to discuss the party’s plans to tackle the "massive unmet need" for social and affordable housing in Glasgow and prevent housing inequality worsening in the area and across Sco

Scottish Greens have pledged to give councils more powers to improve local services and bring vacant properties back into use. The party wants local authorities to be given more support to take bus companies in-house and introduce local taxation reforms. Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie

The Scottish Greens will today promise to introduce rent controls as part of a ‘new deal' for renters to enshrine people’s right to a home. The party will pledge to make the winter evictions ban a permanent feature after the pandemic, as they are in countries like France, strengthen