Rent Control Zones for Edinburgh

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We are asking Edinburgh City Council to Implement a Rent Pressure Zone across the city to stop sky-high rents driving people into poverty.

Renters in Edinburgh are struggling. Year in, year out rents go up far faster than wages, and it is reaching a breaking point. Edinburgh City Council has the power to designate areas as so-called ‘rent pressure zones’ and bring in rent controls, to stop landlords ripping tenants off for poor-quality housing. It’s time for them to use these powers.

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Lucy Johnstone signed 2018-02-07 18:56:13 +0000

Lucy Johnstone
Phoebe Hopper signed 2018-02-07 18:55:34 +0000
Jessica Buchanan signed 2018-02-07 18:53:39 +0000

I lived in Edinburgh for many years and always had difficulty finding affordable accommodation and would be reluctant to move back due to the high rent costs.
Elaine Farris signed via Josie Giles 2018-02-07 18:45:16 +0000
Asha Stewart signed 2018-02-07 18:39:16 +0000
Gemma Moncrieff signed via Jon Black 2018-02-07 18:28:40 +0000
Hazel Fraser signed 2018-02-07 18:16:32 +0000
Yvonne Bruce signed 2018-02-07 18:05:37 +0000
Iain MacKenzie signed via Jon Black 2018-02-07 18:01:45 +0000
Libby Méndez de Vigo signed 2018-02-07 18:00:57 +0000
Alex Munro signed via Jon Black 2018-02-07 17:50:30 +0000
Thomas Browning-O'Shea signed via Josie Giles 2018-02-07 17:35:03 +0000

The rent situation in Edinburgh has become untenable, with residents being constantly forced out of their homes and communities to make way for more and more pointless, overpriced student housing and tourist pap.
Megan Morrison signed 2018-02-07 17:33:36 +0000
Morwenna Potter signed 2018-02-07 17:27:09 +0000

£450 p/m increase in 3 years
Doug Haywood signed 2018-02-07 17:18:31 +0000

Doug Haywood
Sofia Jabeen signed 2018-02-07 17:12:02 +0000
Horn Arnarsdottir signed 2018-02-07 16:52:02 +0000

Hörn Arnarsdóttir
Julia Biela signed 2018-02-07 16:46:57 +0000
Siobhan O'Neill signed 2018-02-07 16:43:43 +0000

Siobhan O’Neill
Martha Pollard signed 2018-02-07 16:36:52 +0000
Marion Mullins signed 2018-02-07 16:35:20 +0000

I have 2 single sons, aged 38 and 40 who rent in the private sector and are on very low incomes. Rents going up all the time for poor quality accommodation. They have never lived in flats with double glazing. Can only see increasing homelessness being the result. We need rent control and I say that as a landlord of one property.
Beth Godfrey signed via Josie Giles 2018-02-07 16:15:59 +0000

Beth Godfrey
Isabel Duffy signed 2018-02-07 16:15:33 +0000
Ewan Docherty signed 2018-02-07 16:14:16 +0000
Fredi Gentz signed via Jon Black 2018-02-07 16:13:24 +0000
Hugh Cullen signed 2018-02-07 16:06:59 +0000

Weak ass rent controls from the Scottish Gov don’t go far enough but this will have to do in the mean time. Let’s make the pressure zone cover the whole of the city like it was designed for (Aberdeen was the case study used in development).
Dee Malley Ocholloh signed 2018-02-07 15:55:46 +0000

Dee Malley Ocholloh
Mohd Shamsul Sapie signed 2018-02-07 15:55:03 +0000
Hannah Tait signed 2018-02-07 15:55:00 +0000

Hannah Tait
Vijay Jackson signed 2018-02-07 15:53:04 +0000