As anyone involved in the private rented sector (PRS) in Scotland will know, the judicial body responsible for adjudicating on disputes, including eviction applications and claims for rent arears, is the First-tier Tribunal: Housing and Property Chamber (HPC), rather than the sheriff courts. This has been the case since 1 December 2017. The last statistical …
Read more >Since The Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Scotland) Regulations were first introduced in 2011, the two most fundamental compliance rules for landlords and letting agents who have received a tenancy deposit have been: to transfer the deposit to a government approved scheme within 30 working days of the tenancy start date; to provide all tenants on the …
Read more >The minority of tenants who repeatedly fail to pay their rent are facing a crackdown. Graham Simpson MSP, Scottish Conservative spokesman on housing, is asking ministers what they plan to do to help landlords recover debt more quickly. Mr Simpson has been contacted by landlords frustrated by how long it can take to evict non-paying …
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