Tag: rent controls

Scotland’s rent control amendment for student accommodation faces backlash

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2025, 1 year ago | 3

An amendment in the Scottish Housing Bill to allow rent controls for purpose-built student accommodation will have a “chilling effect”...

Lack of investor confidence due to rent controls hurting Scotland’s Build-to-Rent claims industry body

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th April 2025, 1 year ago | 1

Rent controls are to blame for the plummet in build-to-rent construction (BtR), claims industry body. According to an analysis by...

Scottish Greens push for rent controls despite evidence they don’t work

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2025, 1 year ago | 1

The Scottish Greens claim that 82% of people in Scotland support rent controls, as they try to prevent the removal...

Is the PRS pendulum swinging too far against landlords?

Author: Readers Question

24th March 2025, 1 year ago | 24

The biggest problem facing landlords is that the PRS is like a pendulum, swinging slowly from one policy extreme to...

Union bosses push for council homes priority despite earning £70k

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th March 2025, 1 year ago | 2

One of Britain’s largest trade unions is demanding that its members receive priority for social housing, despite earning £70,000 a...

NHS workers struggle as private rents become unaffordable claims Shelter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2025, 1 year ago | 5

Shelter claims NHS workers are being priced out of the private rented sector. According to the housing charity, in almost...

Plans to extend Awaab’s law to Scotland’s PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2025, 1 year ago | 0

As Awaab’s Law is set to be introduced in the social housing sector in Scotland, there are plans to extend...

Labour government reject rent controls but claim Renters’ Rights Bill won’t drive landlords out

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2025, 2 years ago | 9

The Labour government claim they do not support rent controls, but say the Renters’ Rights Bill will not cause landlords...

Welsh housing plans receive mixed reaction from Propertymark

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2025, 2 years ago | 0

Propertymark has responded to the Welsh government’s housing white paper consultation and expressed support for some measures – but warns...

Rent Controls and the Olympic levels of ideologically inspired cognitive dissonance?

Author: Readers Question

6th February 2025, 2 years ago | 16

Jeremy Corbyn is now, thankfully, a complete irrelevance. I’ll never forget how happy I was when he lost the election,...

Points and questions for my Labour MP – Have I missed anything?

Author: Readers Question

31st January 2025, 2 years ago | 20

Hello, I am having my first video call with our local Labour MP later this week. I have sent an...

Balance struck for rent control amendment but more landlord support needed in Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

Two industry bodies claim while a balance may have been struck for rent controls in the Scottish Housing Bill, the...

Sadiq Khan’s knighthood sparks outrage amid claims of ‘reward for failure’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st December 2024, 2 years ago | 3

Sadiq Khan has been handed a knighthood in the New Year Honours, igniting a storm of criticism over what some...

Rent controls fuel Scotland’s housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2024, 2 years ago | 1

The latest official private sector rent statistics have revealed that rent controls introduced in Scotland in 2022 have not eased...

Students criticise landlord lobby over Scottish Housing Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th December 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Student campaigners have slammed “the landlord lobby” for putting “people over profit” in the Scottish Housing Bill. The Scottish Housing...

Scottish landlords warn that rent controls will ‘backfire’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th November 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Landlords in Scotland are warning that proposed rent controls will backfire, leading to a reduction in rental supply and higher...

Section 24 is the reason for rocketing rents – not landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th November 2024, 2 years ago | 64

Tenant group Acorn claims that rent caps are the solution to curb rising rents. The group also believes “landlords have...

Housing Minister dismisses landlord exodus amid concerns of shift to holiday lets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th November 2024, 2 years ago | 14

The Renters’ Rights Bill will push landlords out of the sector and into short-term holiday lets, warn MPs. During a...

Ending child poverty relies on solving Scotland’s housing crisis, warns charity

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th November 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Ending child poverty in Scotland can only happen by tackling the housing emergency, says Shelter Scotland. A report by Shelter...

Welsh white paper suggests yearly checks for landlords to keep homes safe and rejects rent controls

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th October 2024, 2 years ago | 5

The Welsh government thinks landlords should complete a report for Rent Smart Wales every year to check if a property...

Pennycook: ‘We don’t want an exodus of landlords’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd October 2024, 2 years ago | 71

The Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook says he doesn’t want landlords to leave the private rented sector (PRS) – and he’s...