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A New Deal for Tenants: Rents Down, Rights Up!

  • Scotland’s tenants need homes we can afford, so that we’re not priced out of our communities.
  • We need security of tenure, not just a place we can stay for a while.
  • We need homes that are warm, so that heating them doesn’t cost the earth.
  • We need access to justice and better enforcement, so that we can defend ourselves when landlords treat us unfairly. 

The Scottish Government has promised to introduce rent controls and greater rights for tenants in this Parliament.
Between December 2021 and April 2022, the Scottish Government consulted on proposed changes to the law.

As Scotland's tenants union, we demanded:

  • AFFORDABLE HOMES: a point-based system of rent controls to bring down housing costs and improve housing quality and a greater supply of social housing

  • QUALITY HOMES: greater and clearer penalties for landlords who refuse to make repairs, as well as clearer incentives for improvements such as energy efficiency

  • SECURE HOMES: greater protections for tenants, including banning winter evictions, making all grounds discretionary and introducing meaningful penalties for breaches of the law

  • HOMES THAT ARE OURS: the right to make it ours by not facing undue restrictions on what we can do, such as having pets or redecorating

  • STRONGER VOICES FOR TENANTS: control over our homes, which means making rent consultation results binding, and ensuring we don’t face repercussions for exercising our rights

Get in touch if you want to get involved locally and push for change. 

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  • Jewel Addas
    endorsed 2022-04-12 15:09:23 +0100
    To place regulations on buy to let schemes to prevent landlord monopolisation so that housing can become affordable to purchase
  • Dwayne Spiteri
    endorsed 2022-04-12 15:08:30 +0100
    Meaningful rent controls, tighter/harsher/actual punishment for landlords that abuse their positions
  • C H
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:59:57 +0100
  • Zi Mckiernan
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:55:57 +0100
  • Catriona Curtis
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:53:51 +0100
  • Sarah Wilson
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:49:30 +0100
  • Logan Henry
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:48:13 +0100
  • Louise Christie
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:47:23 +0100
  • Sean Hunter
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:41:29 +0100
    Affordability and security
  • Conner Hutchison
    endorsed via 2022-04-12 14:40:24 +0100
  • Michael Deery
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:39:44 +0100
  • Fiona O'Hara
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:36:57 +0100
  • Val Reid
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:35:29 +0100
  • Audrey Kelman
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:29:33 +0100
  • Nancy Randle
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:21:18 +0100
  • Teddy Finlow
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:19:03 +0100
  • bridget stewart
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:08:39 +0100
  • Amanda Kerr
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:06:46 +0100
  • Max Breakenridge
    endorsed 2022-04-12 14:02:55 +0100
  • Adin Holland
    endorsed 2022-04-12 13:35:19 +0100
  • Shannon O'Neill
    endorsed 2022-04-12 13:29:19 +0100
  • Caitlin Fraser
    endorsed 2022-04-12 13:22:30 +0100
  • Ella Phillips
    endorsed 2022-04-12 13:21:08 +0100
  • Olivia Jones
    endorsed 2022-04-12 13:12:15 +0100
  • Lily Hicks
    endorsed 2022-04-12 13:10:44 +0100
  • Sean O'Brien
    endorsed 2022-04-12 13:09:57 +0100
  • Rory Comerford
    endorsed 2022-04-12 13:09:37 +0100
  • Cáit O'Neill
    endorsed 2022-04-12 13:08:14 +0100
    Affordable housing
  • Katherine Goss
    endorsed 2022-04-12 13:06:50 +0100
    The ability for people to have the freedom to fairly manage our own housing, rather than having our spaces and lives managed by property owners.
  • Scott Warrander
    endorsed 2022-04-12 13:06:31 +0100
    Fairer rent and fewer holiday lets