Scotland’s Housing Challenge

In a time of economic strife it is easy to focus on numbers and there are a welter of statistics currently circulating highlighting the devastating impact of the cost of living crisis. Inflation recently hit 9.1% and indeed the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has just warned that it could soon hit 11%. A sober …

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Lets Talk with Nicki Wise

Episode 57 of LetsTalk hears a tenant’s perspective of renting as a family in Scotland. Principal teacher at an independent school in Edinburgh, Nick Wise, talks openly about her views of the current rental market in the city, from the initial difficulty in trying to secure a family home to suffering a financial scam, as …

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Lets Talk with Daryl McIntosh

There is more change again planned for the future of the Scottish PRS landscape. Since the May election, the SNP has introduced the ‘Housing to 2040 document’, as well as made an agreement with the Greens to deliver what they call ‘a new deal for tenants’ as part of the ‘Rented Sector Strategy’. Policy and …

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