Rent controls

Answer:
Rent needs to be indexed to affordability. Homelessness needs to be tackled. Rented housing both private and public should be energy efficient and at affordable levels. Legislation is being implemented to secure quality housing for new and existing buildings by 2040.

Full answer here: Private and rented housing plans for Scotland



Rent Is Out Of Control

Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell

Media type: Blog

Date published: 2023

When is a rent control not a rent control?


A New Deal For Tenants – Consultation Response

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: consultation response

Date published: 2022

This consultation response focuses on tenants' rights.


A new housing settlement

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: 2020

There is so much wrong with our housing system, from needless homelessness to spiralling costs (which have shut a generation out of housing) to over-mortgaged homeowners struggling financially to the sheer environmental inefficiency of much of the housing we build to the failure to build homes how and where communities need rather than where a developer can make most money.


The Rent Controls Scotland Needs

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published:

Rent controls designed around a points-based system linked to the quality and amenities of a property and attached to the property rather than the lease would provide a just rental provision.