Rented housing
A Victory for Living Rent
Author / Creator: Lydia Marrow
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
This October, in a huge win for tenants, a new Scottish Housing Bill was passed in Holyrood
Cost of Living Bill: economic background
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Summarises recent economic trends which informed the development of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) Scotland Bill
Energy Efficiency in the Private Rented Sector
Author / Creator: Keith Baker
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: August 2019
The Scottish Government has significantly under-estimated the financial, resource and time costs involved in using Energy Performance Certificates as a basic measure of energy efficiency. The financial penalties are far too low and are unlikely to force the changes required.