Today, Living Rent and Misneachd wrote to deputy First Minister Kate Forbes asking voice her commitment to Scotland-wide rent controls to ensure that rents in the Highlands and Islands are affordable and do not force...

Today, seven years on, we remember the Grenfell Tower fire, in which at least 72 people lost their lives.  Once again we express our solidarity with the bereaved, survivors and wider community of the...

Throughout April until 17 May, Scottish Parliament surveyed tenants and landlords on their views on rent controls to scrutinise the bill. The evidence gathered from their survey will support or undermine the legislation. As...

Scrap student flats, Leith deserves better! On the 10th of May, Living Rent Leith hosted a public meeting on the PBSA (Purpose Built Student Accommodation) development at Dalton Scrapyard in Duncan Place Community Hub...

Leith Members Stuart and Rory and Violette and Fatima from Fountainbridge, just WON a total £5300 of rent rebates in negotiation with DJ Alexander!

Today we published the results from our renters survey where we asked tenants about their concerns regarding the end of emergency protections (April 2024) as well as their past experiences of eviction, rent increases, disrepair...

Yesterday, the Scottish Government published the long awaited Housing (Scotland) Bill this week!  Whilst there is much to be done to improve, it is a Bill that landlords are raging over, which is testament...

Members were able to WIN the full deposit return of £275 for Sia.

In two weeks, on 1 April, the Scottish Government will end the 3% rent cap which supported tenants through the worst cost of living in a generation. They will replace it with an arcane...

Cleo and Kalyani had a leak in their flat which wasn't fixed for months, eventually leading to the ceiling collapsing. They provided updates and requested help from their letting agent (DJ Alexander) but their...