RENT CONTROL REFORM PLAN
Daily Record|March 28, 2024
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CHRIS MCCALL
RENT CONTROL REFORM PLAN

NEIGHBOURHOODS across Scotland could become rent-controlled areas as part of plans to help tenants.

The Scottish Government today publishes a Housing Bill which will place a duty on councils to carry out assessments on the state of the private rented sector in their area.

Those reports could then lead to recommendations to ministers about the imposition of rent controls in certain places.

The legislation also proposes that rent rises be capped during and between tenancies.

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