25 Jan 2024
The government has confirmed that the eviction moratorium will end on 31 March. This means that any landlord who has been granted an eviction order by the tribunal since 30 September 2023 will be able to engage sheriff officers to enforce the eviction in April. ... 
4 Jan 2024
The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) Scotland Act 2022, which introduced rent increase caps and the eviction moratorium, will end on 31 March 2024. SAL has been involved in discussions with the government about their plans for rent increases after March. The... 
2 Nov 2023
The Court of Session has today published its decision in the judicial review case raised by SAL and its coalition partners (Scottish Land & Estates and Propertymark) in respect of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022. The decision has found... 11 Oct 2023
On 29 September we emailed members to advise that the Scottish Government had published a paper and response questionnaire setting out proposals for progressing some rental reform measures originally consulted on in 2021. We know many members feel the questionnaire is... 
11 Oct 2023
SAL members will be aware that over the last few months we have been running a major campaign against the unfair and discriminatory rent increase freeze and ban on evictions in private lets which were part of last year’s Cost of Living Act. A summary of the... 1 Jun 2023
The Scottish Government has advised SAL that, subject to the approval of parliament, it will extend the provisions of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 to 31 March 2024. This is the legislation which introduced a cap of 3% on most rent... 