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.