Landlords in Scotland are being asked for their views on rent control exemptions and where rent could be increased above the rent cap.
The Scottish Government has insisted that rent controls will help protect landlords’ property rights and support investment while protecting tenants facing cost-of-living pressures and rising energy prices.
Rents should emulate energy prices, with a cap used to help people pay a fairer price for bills, says Generation Rent.
If proof were needed this is it, rent controls lead to reduced landlord incomes, rental housing shortages, increased rents and deteriorating housing stock
A new report that evaluates the dozens of rent control schemes implemented over the past 60 years across the world has concluded that overall they are harmful to rental homes supply.
Rent controls are a potential bombshell in Labour’s manifesto that could have unintended consequences, according to one property expert.
Scottish Labour have promised that their new MPs will push for rent controls, despite the national party coming out against them.
The threat of rent control still lingers, despite Labour claiming the party policy goes against it, landlords still leaving...
