On 12 January 2023, the Scottish Government published their First Report to the Scottish Parliament on the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection)(Scotland) Act 2022 (the Act). The Act came into force on 28 October 2022 and introduced the rent freeze and moratorium on evictions that had been announced earlier on 6 September 2022, affecting both …
Read more >Rogue landlords often make the news and deliver high readability levels to publisher. We are surrounded by bad news, they always seem to make the headlines, but what about good landlords – does no one want to hear about them anymore? This is the story about a UK Landlord that promotes kindness, compassion and humanity, …
Read more >From 1st December 2017 landlords and agents will be able to increase rents for tenants in private residential property no more than once every 12 months. Before they can do that though, they will have to serve a three month notice to their tenants, using a prescribed form. If the tenant believes the rent increase …
Read more >It looks like rent controls within Scottish cities are imminent. Councillors have just approved a report to be conducted regarding the introduction of Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) across Glasgow. The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill due to come in to effect this December, would mean that councils will be able to apply to the Scottish …
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