Tag: rent controls

Landlords enjoy the PRS boom but fear rent controls

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th August 2024, 2 years ago | 3

Landlords are reaping the rewards of a booming rental market with record-high yields and robust tenant demand, but the spectre...

Housing: The Key Battleground in the Upcoming Election

Author: Adam Lawrence

24th June 2024, 2 years ago | 35

As we edge closer to the next general election, housing has become a pivotal issue in the political arena –...

Scottish Labour pushes for stricter tenant protections

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th June 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Scottish Labour will improve tenants’ rights by protecting them from unaffordable rent increases and unscrupulous landlords. In its manifesto dubbed...

Scottish government faces rent control backlash

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th June 2024, 2 years ago | 4

The Scottish government’s own economic agency has warned that rent controls will only make the housing crisis worse. South of...

Labour review calls for National Landlords Register, rent ‘stabilisation’ and tenant security

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th May 2024, 2 years ago | 27

A report commissioned by Labour has called for a major overhaul of the private rented sector (PRS), including the creation...

Rent controls in Wales opposed by letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th May 2024, 3 years ago | 0

Propertymark members in Wales have made their disapproval of rent controls clear after the Welsh government published a summary of...

Scottish landlords exit as housing crisis deepens

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2024, 3 years ago | 14

Scottish landlords are throwing in the towel and leaving the sector due to the impact of rent controls – and...

Welsh Conservative warns: “Nightmare legislation” driving good landlords away

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th April 2024, 3 years ago | 12

A wave of “nightmare legislation” is driving many good landlords out of the rental sector in Wales, warns Welsh Conservative...

‘Landlords have nothing to fear’ from Scotland’s rent controls plan

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd April 2024, 3 years ago | 19

The Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has defended the government’s new Housing Bill, which includes plans for rent control areas....

Industry bodies urge government action as housing emergency grips Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2024, 3 years ago | 5

An industry body claims that Scotland has moved past a housing crisis and is in the midst of a housing...

Leading industry body slams rent controls in Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th November 2023, 3 years ago | 2

One leading industry body has warned that there are no advantages to introducing more rent controls in Scotland. In a...

Scottish housing minister denies rent cap is causing housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2023, 3 years ago | 37

The SNP’s housing minister has refuted claims that the government’s rent cap policy is exacerbating Scotland’s housing crisis. Paul McLennan...

Scottish government’s rent freeze deemed legal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd November 2023, 3 years ago | 1

A senior judge has rejected landlords’ pleas and found the Scottish government’s rent freeze and eviction ban was not unlawful....

Scotland’s private rent surge sparks fears of a wider rent cap

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies have risen by double digits for the fourth consecutive quarter, reaching up to...

Scottish government rent control proposals slammed by expert

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th October 2023, 3 years ago | 4

The Scottish government’s recently launched consultation on a range of issues affecting the private rented sector (PRS), including rent controls...

Scottish government propose more rent controls in new proposals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd October 2023, 3 years ago | 18

Landlords and tenants in Scotland are being urged to have their say in a consultation on a number of proposals...

A political party manifesto for the PRS: What landlords DON’T want from politicians

Author: Landlord Crusader

29th September 2023, 3 years ago | 11

So, we are into the party political conference season and it is apparent that the private rented sector (PRS) is...

Lib Dems want to introduce landlord licensing and rent controls

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th September 2023, 3 years ago | 38

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to give private rented sector (PRS) tenants and landlords a ‘fair deal’ in their newly...

Rent controls in Wales will worsen housing crisis warns NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2023, 3 years ago | 1

One association is warning that introducing rent controls in Wales will have a ‘disastrous impact on the private rented sector.’...

Capping rents will cause landlords to leave PRS warns industry body

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th September 2023, 3 years ago | 11

An industry body warns that capping rents will only deepen the current rental crisis. The National Association of Property Buyers...

Scottish landlords face ‘long term’ rent controls, government reveals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th September 2023, 3 years ago | 20

The Scottish Government has announced plans to introduce ‘long-term’ rent controls among a raft of new housing laws that will...