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Request for rent data
Rent Service Scotland (RSS) is the body which oversees rent setting in Scotland. RSS is reliant on data supplied by landlords and letting agents in Scotland to assist in the assessment of open market rental values in different areas. This data is used as comparable...
Rent increase statistics
Rent Service Scotland (RSS) is the body which oversees rent setting in Scotland. It has historically been responsible for setting rents on old regulated tenancies (these are tenancies which commenced before January 1989, a few of which are still in existence). More...
SAL meeting with Minister for Housing
On 26 June SAL chief executive John Blackwood and policy manager Caroline Elgar met with the government’s Minister for Housing, Paul McLennan. The Minister acknowledged that the government’s relationship with the private rented sector (PRS) is not positive following...
Compulsory owners’ associations
In March 2018, a Scottish Parliament working group was convened to explore what actions could be taken to improve the condition of Scotland’s tenements. The working group made a number of recommendations for changes in legislation and practice, including the...
Parliament seeks views on Housing Bill
As we reported recently the government has published a Housing Bill to progress plans originally set out in its New Deal for Tenants consultation in 2021. For a summary of the proposals set out in the Bill see our news article here. The Scottish Parliament has now...
BBC Debate Night special episode – be in the studio audience
A message from BBC presenter, Stephen Jardine DO YOU WANT TO BE IN THE STUDIO AUDIENCE OF A BBC TV PROGRAMME? Debate Night is BBC Scotland’s political TV discussion show and we want the people of Scotland to have their say. EDINBURGH – the evening of Wednesday 1 May...
Further changes to model lease
Due to government errors with the updating of its model lease at the start of April, further changes have been made to the lease wording. All the changes made to the lease since 31 March are highlighted in yellow in the lease template which you can download here....
Changes to model tenancy agreement and guidance notes
The Scottish Government has made minor changes to its model private residential tenancy (PRT), to reflect the ending of the rent cap and eviction moratorium on 31 March 2024, and to reflect changes to the Repairing Standard which came into force on 1 March 2024. The...
End of rent cap and eviction moratorium
The rent cap and eviction moratorium came to an end on 31 March 2024. A summary of what this means for landlords is set out below: Rent cap – as of 1 April 2024 landlords can propose an increase of any amount for tenants on private residential tenancy (PRT)...
New Housing Bill published
The government has today published a Housing Bill to progress plans originally set out in its New Deal for Tenants consultation in 2021. The Bill is proposed legislation which, if approved by MSPs, will become an Act of parliament. Typically it can take around 2-3...