>Living Rent held rallies in Glasgow, Aberdeen and outside Bute House in Edinburgh, taking the fight against soaring rents to John Swinney’s doorstep.
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>Living Rent’s National Campaign’s Officer, Ruth Gilbert said:“Tenants have been pushed to the edge by the end of the rent cap and eviction ban. The rent cap provided a temporary bandage over a growing crisis, but it has not addressed the fundamental issue that rents are out of control.
>”Rents in Scotland have continued to rise in line with the rest of the UK because the temporary measures did not go far enough, and did not apply between tenancies.
>”Tenants desperately need this government to introduce a robust system of rent controls tied to the property, not the tenancy, which protects all tenants. The new Housing Bill is a key opportunity for proper rent controls and our presence today demonstrates the importance of it.
>”The Scottish Government urgently needs to reverse its cuts to affordable housing, and commit to strong, permanent rent controls. Without this, tenants will continue to be forced to put up with unaffordable housing.”
Solidarity (From afar). Gwan yersels.
This was inevitable. Rent controls were a stupid idea
>”The Scottish Government urgently needs to reverse its cuts to affordable housing,
This is the solution
How you get the cash is a question
Also we should be looking at house factories, basically an aircraft hangar sized building that creates flatpack houses that are assembled on site in hours to the netzero standard
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>Living Rent held rallies in Glasgow, Aberdeen and outside Bute House in Edinburgh, taking the fight against soaring rents to John Swinney’s doorstep.
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>Living Rent’s National Campaign’s Officer, Ruth Gilbert said:“Tenants have been pushed to the edge by the end of the rent cap and eviction ban. The rent cap provided a temporary bandage over a growing crisis, but it has not addressed the fundamental issue that rents are out of control.
>”Rents in Scotland have continued to rise in line with the rest of the UK because the temporary measures did not go far enough, and did not apply between tenancies.
>”Tenants desperately need this government to introduce a robust system of rent controls tied to the property, not the tenancy, which protects all tenants. The new Housing Bill is a key opportunity for proper rent controls and our presence today demonstrates the importance of it.
>”The Scottish Government urgently needs to reverse its cuts to affordable housing, and commit to strong, permanent rent controls. Without this, tenants will continue to be forced to put up with unaffordable housing.”
Solidarity (From afar). Gwan yersels.
This was inevitable. Rent controls were a stupid idea
>”The Scottish Government urgently needs to reverse its cuts to affordable housing,
This is the solution
How you get the cash is a question
Also we should be looking at house factories, basically an aircraft hangar sized building that creates flatpack houses that are assembled on site in hours to the netzero standard