I’m not trying to make a comment of let’s ‘blame the immigrants’. But these levels are certainly not helping. It needs to be reduced to a level that is lower than our house building otherwise the issue is just going to exacerbate.
I put my flat on spareroom last year and had 500 requests in less than a fortnight. There are a number of levers, build more houses, reduce immigration, free up empty houses. The situation is so bad we need to be doing all 3
This was declared 8 or so years ago in Ireland
It’s only gotten worse, neo-liberialism thrives on making average person’s life worse so as to rise GDP
Turns out you need to float a boat to shore to get looked after.
Its just going to get worse. Rental controls are failing and are only discouraging landlords from the long and short term markets which is obviously reducing the housing stock available. Many landlords will hold onto properties as long as their value increases and the end result is empty properties all over Scotland but particularly Edinburgh. The unintended consequence of policy that has not been thought through. From the Times Scotland section yesterday, “Nearly 7,000 Edinburgh homes, collectively worth £1.8 billion, are unused, according to research. More than 1,000 homes have been empty for more than ten years”.
You might not like landlords but they are needed for the property they provide.
It’s UK wide, but unfortunately, we’re screwed as most tories are land lords, so affordable housing is the last thing they want.
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>Figures have shown rents had risen by more than 12% in Scotland over the last year – higher than any part of the UK.
Rent controls working well then.
Glasgow City Council are expecting [1800 asylum seekers](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-67064953.amp) and have said they currently have 1600 shortfall in housing already.
I’m not trying to make a comment of let’s ‘blame the immigrants’. But these levels are certainly not helping. It needs to be reduced to a level that is lower than our house building otherwise the issue is just going to exacerbate.
I put my flat on spareroom last year and had 500 requests in less than a fortnight. There are a number of levers, build more houses, reduce immigration, free up empty houses. The situation is so bad we need to be doing all 3
This was declared 8 or so years ago in Ireland
It’s only gotten worse, neo-liberialism thrives on making average person’s life worse so as to rise GDP
Turns out you need to float a boat to shore to get looked after.
Its just going to get worse. Rental controls are failing and are only discouraging landlords from the long and short term markets which is obviously reducing the housing stock available. Many landlords will hold onto properties as long as their value increases and the end result is empty properties all over Scotland but particularly Edinburgh. The unintended consequence of policy that has not been thought through. From the Times Scotland section yesterday, “Nearly 7,000 Edinburgh homes, collectively worth £1.8 billion, are unused, according to research. More than 1,000 homes have been empty for more than ten years”.
You might not like landlords but they are needed for the property they provide.
It’s UK wide, but unfortunately, we’re screwed as most tories are land lords, so affordable housing is the last thing they want.