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We won.
Regulations to legally prevent eviction notices are to be introduced in Scotland
Follow LIVE updates
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The
@scotgov
has accepted our demands for rent controls - as well as cracking down on evictions and guaranteeing better tenants’ rights. Now, it’s down to tenants’ organising to force them to go all the way.
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This morning, the Scottish government finally published their bill to introduce permanent rent controls.
Make no mistake, this would not have happened without the work of organised tenants.
The devil is in the detail and we are combing through it now. Stay tuned.
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BREAKING: All evictions to be banned in Scotland!
Of course there is still more to be done to protect tenants over the coming months, but be in no doubt: this is an enormous victory, and it wouldn't have happened without a fighting tenants' movement demanding it.
Aileen Campbell announces in Parliament that Devolved emergency legislation WILL include 6 month ban on any eviction from private rented sector. Very welcome to 15% of population in this sector
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💥The Scottish parliament has just passed the rent freeze and eviction ban!
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After 7 years Scot gov has finally committed to rent controls! 🎉
This is a huge step towards more affordable housing and shows the leadership that we need.
The gov needs to listen to tenants and ensure rent controls bring rents down and force up quality.
We will be watching.
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The Scottish government has just announced an immediate rent freeze for PRS and social tenants and a freeze on evictions.
The devil is in the detail but as skyrocketing rents continue to pile on top of out of control energy bills, this will have a massive impact.
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🎉WE WON £2,800 🎉
After six months of action, Laura and Rhona have won!
Their landlord owns 15 houses and lives in a mansion, while they lost their jobs during the pandemic and were struggling to get by.
With the union at their side, they took back the power and won!
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The Scottish Government listened. We just won an extension to the eviction ban in tier 3 and 4 areas!
Statement to follow.
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With new lockdown measures in place, it is essential that
@scotgov
extend the full eviction ban.
#extendtheevictionban
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It is more important than ever that students in uni halls or private student accommodation know their rights and know how to enforce them. Legislation in Scotland allows students to give 28 days' notice in writing to end their tenancy for 'reasons relating to coronavirus'
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🙌 Glasgow City Council Agrees to Crunch Talks with Govanhill Residents & GMB Cleansing Workers 🙌
The Govanhill branch, through a powerful campaign uniting tenants & residents with local cleansing workers, has successfully secured a negotiation with Glasgow City Council.
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This is a huge win and make no mistake, this would not have been possible without years of organising by members of Living Rent, Scotland’s Tenants Union.
There is only one way to win the changes that we need in this country: join your local branch and build power locally.
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One of Scotland's largest landlords has been able to vet and potentially lobby for changes to legislation that will freeze tenants rent...🤔
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The Bute House agreement is over, but rent controls can not be allowed to go with it. Rent controls are a hugely needed policy to address Scotland's housing crisis.
If the SNP wants the backing of tenants they will keep their commitment to renters and the policies that we need.
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Landlords act as if rent rises are natural. They're not.
Landlords are choosing to increase rents and then blaming the increases on the rent cap.
Landlords clearly can't be trusted to regulate themselves.
We need rent controls now.
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🎉RENT FREEZE AND EVICTION BAN EXTENDED!🎉
The government has continued its commitment to tackling the housing crisis and says they will keep the private rented sector rent cap and eviction ban until March 2024 if approved by parliament.
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A pensioner with COPD and emphysema went to his housing association with other Living Rent members after they didn't respond to his complaints about mould and damp in his home.
They called three police vans and two police cars.
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The
@theSNP
/
@scottishgreens
co-operation deal published today outlines major and vitally important new measures for tenants: a national system of rent controls, more protections from eviction, a ban on winter evictions, more rights, and better regulation and enforcement.
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Nope.
All this shows is the rent cap did not go far enough. We need rent controls tied to the property not the tenancy so landlords can't hike up rents when a tenant moved out.
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♀️🏘️Housing as a feminist issue🏘️♀️
Housing is one of the primary sites of social reproduction; a home is made from the unpaid and emotional labour that has historically been carried out by women. 🧵
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Landlords clearly can’t be trusted to regulate themselves.
We need rent controls tied to the property not the tenancy to ensure landlords can’t hike up our rents if a flatmate moves out.
Endorse our demands for rent controls here:
'My landlord wanted to put my rent up by 35% despite the 3% cap'
Young renters have told BBC Disclosure that a "joint tenancy loophole" means they are still facing rent increases of hundreds of pounds - despite the Scottish government's rent cap.
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An open letter to the First Minister
@NicolaSturgeon
. Will you introduce a real eviction ban?
#SNP20
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Stories like this are so common across Scotland.
Our homes are falling apart as landlords continue to hike up rents.
We need rent controls tied to the quality of the property and to bring rents down.
I moved out of this damp flat 1 month ago & the rent has increased 66%! We need rent controls tied to the property, not the tenancy (as proposed in the bill) but also tied to QUALITY, and the bill has no answers there yet.
Join
@Living_Rent
to fight for the right rent controls.
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Our statement in solidarity with the people of Palestine. 🇵🇸
Read our statement in full here:
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Living Rent stands unequivocally in solidarity with the community who resisted the immigration raid today in Pollokshields. We are proud of our many members that took part in protecting their neighbours.
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Rent has skyrocketed in Edinburgh and Glasgow by over 40 percent since 2010.
The Scottish government released a report yesterday demonstrating the astronomical rent rises that tenants have faced over the last ten years.
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On Saturday Living Rent, along with members from ACORN and London Renters Union formed the Housing Bloc at the COP26 Global Day of Action protests in Glasgow. 🧵
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We have spent the morning going over the housing bill so you don’t have to.😳
So here goes – a (long) thread..
🧵....
This morning, the Scottish government finally published their bill to introduce permanent rent controls.
Make no mistake, this would not have happened without the work of organised tenants.
The devil is in the detail and we are combing through it now. Stay tuned.
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Landlords love to claim rent caps force them to increase rents (as if they need any encouragement) but the rent cap showed the need for stronger rent controls.
Landlords increased rents between tenancies. We need controls tied to the property not tenancy and to bring rents down.
📈 Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon’s rent cap and eviction ban have sent prices for Scottish tenants soaring faster than in London, new data reveals
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Imagine thinking that short term lets being a third of flats in a stairway was "reasonable".
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Today, members have gathered outside Holyrood to demand immediate support for the 300+ people to be evicted from Monday, when Edinburgh moves to tier 2.
300 eviction notices have been planted into the ground in protest.
#wewillnotberemoved
#evictioncrisis
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Today
@scotgov
is debating introducing a rent freeze. Rent controls won’t be in place for five years and landlords are hiking up rents today. Tenants need emergency protections now.
#WTFAreWeMeantToDo
Tweet your MSP/quote this tweet with why you need emergency protections.
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But the work isn’t over. The devil will be in the detail, and we already know that landlords will be working tirelessly to water this down. There has never been a better time to join Living Rent and make sure that they can’t:
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The Scottish government's announcement today that the rent freeze will no longer apply to social tenants shows that the rent freeze was never meant to apply to all.
We need to organise and fight back to support all tenants during this cost of living crisis. 🧵
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New rents in the central belt are rising faster than anywhere else in the UK.
We need rent controls to be tied to the property not the tenancy and to bring rents DOWN.
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Second homes deprive local areas of housing and increase the rents for the homes that remain.
Local authorities need to be able to charge a premium on their council tax so we all have access to safe, secure, affordable housing.
Listen to our member Eilidh speak below: 👇
Eilidh Keay from Scotland's tenants' union
@Living_Rent
explained why they support giving local authorities the ability to charge a 100% premium on council tax for second and empty homes at our meeting on Tuesday.
Watch more from the meeting📺⤵️
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Rent has consistently outstripped inflation.
Landlord’s have been driving up prices for years far beyond what is affordable + now they are saying the government should ditch the rent freeze because now their costs are rising too!
Our costs have been rising for years.
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Rents in Greater Glasgow have risen 86.2% in the last 13 years. Inflation was nearly half that (45.7%).
Landlords have been hiking up rents far beyond 'costs' for years.
We rent controls to bring down rents now.
Tenants fill in our renters survey:
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These are things Living Rent members have been demanding for years - and the pandemic has only shown just how urgent these changes are. Today’s news is a massive win for all of us. If done right, these measures will be utterly transformative.
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Solidarity with all workers and unions on International Workers Day🚩
This International Workers' Day, Living Rent members stand in solidarity with workers, tenants and unions across Scotland and the world.
Listen to our members discuss the future of Scotland's tenant movement.
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Scott mythbusting the MYTH that landlords are leaving the market.
The number of rented properties has increased since the rent freeze from 340,000 to 343,600.
Don’t believe landlords fear-mongering.
Endorse our demands for rent controls!
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💥NATIONWIDE VICTORY: 💥
🔒🚫EVICTION BAN EXTENDED TO MARCH🚫🤝
The Scottish government have today announced plans to extend the eviction ban from September 2020 to at least April 2021.
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❌LORRAINE'S EVICTION DELAYED BUT THE FIGHT'S NOT OVER!❌
Lorraine and the West Lothian branch have successfully negotiated a delay to the eviction due to take place tomorrow 10AM!
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Another MASSIVE thank you to everyone defending our member Lors today! Thanks to you, the family now have time to move into a suitable home.
#wewillnotberemoved
Today's been a solid victory, but with no eviction ban in Level 2 areas, we're still facing an
#evictioncrisis
...
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Landlords say that tribunals invade their privacy by asking for info on assets, debt, income and expenditure (when all they want is to raise our rents)
But landlords asking for bank statements, benefit history, job contracts, addresses for the last 10 years - that's different?🤔
First-Tier Tribunal directions 'becoming a gross invasion of landlords’ privacy' |
@CompleteClar
@SimplicityLegal
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Disrepair causes mould and damp - not tenants.
So often tenants are blamed with landlords saying that “[you] need to take more care when having a bath or shower” or that it is due to your “lifestyle” or in one case because the tenant had “boiled potatoes”.
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"We also know that rents are already too high and have increased by over 60% in Scottish cities in the last 10 years. This rent freeze will need to stay in place until the Scottish government brings in proper rent controls that push rents down."
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Over 55,000 homes are lying empty in Scotland.
And landlords say that the reason that rents are being hiked up is because there is an issue with supply?
There is an issue with supply but it is not one that landlords can or will fix.
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There is no doubt it wouldn’t have happened without us, and is clear evidence that when tenants organise and fight, there is nothing we can’t win.
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Politicians should remember whose interests they serve.
#HomesNotHolidayLets
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The licencing deadline can not be delayed again.
It's beyond belief that the council's entertaining the idea. Landlords have had long enough to apply.
It's not tenants fault that they have been complacent and ignored the deadline, but tenants will suffer if it is extended 🧵
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46% of homes on Tiree are not for permanent residents.
We need to increase council tax for second homes and cut down the number of holiday lets so that everyone has access to homes in their community.
Fill in the gov's consultation on second homes now!
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If you are a care worker there is just one place where it is affordable to rent in Scotland.
(And even then it is still 30% of your salary).
We need rent controls to bring rents down.
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The Scottish Government has created a Private Rented Sector Resilience Group...with no actual representation of people who live in the private rented sector
Why do landlords get decide the fate of the sector while we face climbing arrears and a wave of evictions?
On 9 June, I asked the following question in Parliament about the recently established Private Rented Sector Resilience Group. Today I received a reply. It took my breath away. 1/7
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We need to fight for our rent controls.
Thousands of landlords will be trying to water down rent controls through ScotGov's survey on rent controls.
We can't let that happen.
⏰Take two mins to endorse our response to the government's survey here:
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In Edinburgh rents rose by 14.2% to average £1214
In Glasgow rents rose by 16% to average £972 per month.
And in Dundee rents rose 12.5% to average £722 per month.
Such increases are well beyond inflation and far out-strip any wage increases.
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Our system killed this man. We should never accept a system that allows someone to die alone, starving, in fear of their landlord.
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If you or anyone you know is being intimidated or threatened with the threat of violence for arrears collection or evictions, contact us immediately.
We stand ready to resist by any means necessary. ✊
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Today MSP's have another chance to support tenants in hardship. They must support
@andywightman
's amendments which will protect private renters with a two year rent freeze and remove the possiblity of covid-caused eviction. Tweet your MSPs now!
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These eye-watering statistics expose how untenable the situation is for Scotland's renters and how unsustainable the situation has become.
As these stats show, the moment the rent freeze lifts landlords will hike up rent as far as they can.
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When the two biggest Scottish cities are declaring emergencies,
@scotgov
can't seriously consider ending emergency legislation with nothing to take its place?
This gov needs to recognise the scale of the housing emergency and ensure tenants are protected after the rent cap ends.
BREAKING | Glasgow has declared a housing emergency amid 'unprecedented pressures'.
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The Scottish government have just announced the creation of a £10m loan fund for tenants struggling due to cornavirus as well as the extension of the eviction prevention protections.
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🚨 We’ve just launched our response to the Scottish government’s consultation on renting.
We’re demanding rent controls and more control over our own homes.
✍️Take 20 seconds and tell the Scottish government you agree:
#RentsDownRightsUp
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The government just published it's analysis of their rent controls consultation.
Wondering how so many landlords responded in such a short space of time?🤔
The government emailed ALL the landlords on the Scottish housing register.
They did not do the same for tenants.
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We would not be close to rent controls without the tireless work of Living Rent members.
But there is still a long way to go.
We need rent controls that bring rents down and force quality up.
Members will be watching the government closely to ensure they deliver.
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This landlord is so close but they've got it the wrong way round. Tenants quite literally subsidise landlord's living choices through paying rent - not the other way round...? 🤔
@Living_Rent
Private individuals aren't responsible for subsidising other people's living choices.
It's as simple as that.
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MSPs are giving in to the STL landlord lobby and are selling out tenants.
MSPs should remember who they represent. Reform to STLs is overwhelmingly popular.
Politicians should stop using STL regulation to score political points.
We need
#HomesNotHolidayLets
37 MSPs, including Fergus Ewing, three of Labour's front bench (of which one is Edinburgh MSP, Daniel Johnson), and the Scottish Tory party have signed a joint letter to Humza Yousaf demanding a further delay to the short-term let licensing deadline
Yousaf said no this week
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"My landlord and his family appear to own at least half of the 50 flats in my block.
He wants to increase my rent by around 9.75%, - for reference, I have yet to receive any form of pay rise (let alone nearly 10%!), energy bills are likely to go up by around 54%.
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We're calling on the Scottish Government to implement an urgent pause on evictions and rent collections for anyone affected by Coronavirus. Tenants need to know they won't face destitution for doing the responsible thing.
Sign and retweet the petition:
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Members Chris and Chrissi are inside
@ClydeProperty
after the letting agents have left the family of a NHS worker with damp, mould and radiators falling of the wall for 4 years. Unacceptable. Now they're raising rent by 30%.
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📢Less regulation = higher rents.
It's really that simple.
🇪🇸 In Spain, after rent controls were reversed, rent climbed 25%.
Similarly, landlords here are hiking up rents in between new tenancies because they can get away it it. 1/2
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MSPs just voted against declaring a housing emergency.
Politicians need to stop political point scoring and work to fix the housing crisis hitting tenants.
@ScotParl
needs to declare a housing emergency if it is ever going to tilt the balance towards a fairer society.
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The next stage is proper rent controls to
#BringRentsDown
!
A rent freeze would not have been possible without members organising in their communities. Be part of the push for real, proper rent controls. Join here:
Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that a rent freeze and a moratorium on evictions will be introduced in Scotland.
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“Didn’t have to increase rents but just following market trends really”
We know landlords will never regulate themselves.
We need this government to commit to rent controls to bring rents DOWN and improve the quality of our homes.
A landlord with multiple properties told
@RivkahBrown
that he "didn't have to increase the rents" but did it anyway.
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Edinburgh Councillors now need to put their money where their mouths are and commit to:
🏗️ building more social housing to home the 23k on waiting lists.
⚒️ repairing the thousands of empty council homes in the city.
✍️ pressure their parties to commit to rent controls.
City of Edinburgh Council set to declare housing emergency
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Our comment in full: To tell tenants to move elsewhere in order to be able to afford a home is a ludicrous and destructive opinion that shows no understanding of renting in Scotland or the realities of tenants' lives.
🧵
EXC: Kirstie Allsopp's 'move somewhere cheaper to buy a house' comments blasted
"To tell us to move shows contempt for our needs, sense of belonging or contributions to local areas. It also widely misses the point", said
@Living_Rent
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All four housing amendments by
@andywightman
were voted down today. He put up a valiant effort and withstood terrible smears from
@KevinStewartSNP
.
Tenants must stand up for themselves when politicians fail. Only we can make the change we want possible:
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Bad day for tenants in parliament as landlord interests take priority over tenant support and security. The housing crisis is about to explode and those in power are helping make it worse.
Vital commentary on growth of the rentier class. Frustrated that all my amendments were rejected by SNP & Tories (LibDems rejected 2/5). No attempt by ScotGov 2 negotiate. Scotland is not a normal European country for renters. Big issue for 2021 election.
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Empty homes, second homes and self catering businesses pay no council tax or pay a discounted rate.
This needs to change. Our local services need funding and communities need permanent homes to live in.
⏰Take 5mins to tell the gov to tax second homes!
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Rents in Scotland are out of control.
Over twelve months PRS rents increased by 10% in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the Highlands.
Rent for a two bed home is now over £1,000 in Edinburgh and close to this in Glasgow.
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Last month, the government announced that rent controls are coming to Scotland in the next few years.
However, the devil will be in the detail, so over the next week, we'll be looking at rent controls and what exactly we need to push for.
1. Why do we need rent controls? (1/3)
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The council is aware of Mark Fortune but so far they have been unable or unwilling to take proper action.
The behaviour that Chen and his flatmates endured shows the need for proper penalties for landlords who break the rules.
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We're calling on all MSP's to support
@andywightman
's amendments in tomorrow's Coronavirus Bill (2020) calling for a tenants' hardship fund, rent freeze and a ban on arrears used as eviction grounds!
Protect our renters ✊
@Living_Rent
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Our statement in solidarity with those protesting racial injustice in the US.
#solidarityfromscotland
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Quick fact-check for John Blackwood (
@scotlandlandlord
) here:
Landlords don't provide housing, you rent it at skyhigh prices and it's a joke to claim it's high quality - over half of homes in serious disrepair and fail energy standards. Don't pretend you care about tenants. 1/2
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Today MSP
@LabourMercedes
is putting forward an amendment proposing a rent freeze.
As the cost of living crisis deepens, a rent freeze is needed more than ever.
@scotgov
needs to do everything possible to freeze rents now.
🧵
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Comparing STL licensing to a ‘pogrom’ shows the extreme, and offensive actions landlords will stoop to.
MSPs should be condemning the campaign not attending their rallies.
NEW: I spoke to STL owners, holiday letting agents & others affected by new licensing laws coming next month
One said regulations amounted to a 'pogrom' of the sector
This typically refers to massacre of Jews, will be found deeply offensive & I imagine doesn't help the campaign
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Homelessness is set to rise by a third in Scotland over the next two years.
Meanwhile the Scottish government has cut the affordable housing budget by £200m and is about to take away the rent cap and eviction ban for tenants.
Makes sense?
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By people who know what they're talking about, he ✨surely✨can't mean tenants, the people who live in and experience the rental market daily?
Tenants all agree, we need rent controls to bring rents down.
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2 days ago Aberdeen City Council were in the press for commenting "home should be a place where people feel safe" but this morning they are evicting a young woman from her home due to rent arrears. Will you pause the eviction and let her set up a repayment plan?
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“The landlord told us that ‘I can’t be expected to stand still while the market moves on."
Yesterday
@scotgov
published its strategy for the rented sector.
It does not see the urgency that face tenants now.
Read Benjamin’s testimony on why we need rent controls now below. 🧵
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💪The Scottish Citizens’ Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to support rent controls. 💪
Read more here 📰
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Victory to All Striking Workers!
Over the last month, members have been out on picket lines and rallies supporting transport workers from the RMT, cleansing workers from GMB and Unite and postal workers from the CWU as they demand fair pay and better conditions.
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Members Chris and Chrissi are inside
@ClydeProperty
after the letting agents have left the family of a NHS worker with damp, mould and radiators falling of the wall for 4 years. Unacceptable. Now they're raising rent by 30%.
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