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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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  • Richard Lynch
    endorsed 2022-03-07 22:22:59 +0000
  • Charlotte (Ot) Pascoe
    endorsed 2022-03-07 22:22:36 +0000
    Affordable housing and rent
  • Heather McDonald
    endorsed 2022-03-07 22:13:55 +0000
  • Zoë Dutton
    endorsed 2022-03-07 22:13:03 +0000
  • Amina Bouguendoura
    endorsed 2022-03-07 22:10:10 +0000
  • Rhona Law
    endorsed 2022-03-07 22:09:44 +0000
  • Chelsea Clark
    endorsed 2022-03-07 22:08:28 +0000
    Non existent
  • Niki Collins
    endorsed 2022-03-07 22:08:16 +0000
  • Denise England
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:53:17 +0000
    Secure assured tenancies on properties that are of a good quality with rent controls in place and stronger fully enforceable laws against landlords who refuse to carry out (timely) repairs. No winter evictions and a clear voice for tenants in decision making processes as well as easy access to a clear, consistent legal framework when faced with evicton or unreasonable demands from landlords.
  • Sandra Edmondson
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:51:32 +0000
  • Magnus Ramaglioni
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:51:30 +0000
  • Conor Woods
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:48:56 +0000
    Rent controls and regular consultation on housing policy with tenants and tenant organisations on their rent and living conditions.
  • Katherine MacKenzie
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:46:30 +0000
  • Rhoda Thomson
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:43:43 +0000
  • Jennifer Chapman
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:43:24 +0000
    Better quality of life for working class people
  • Jalal Chaudry
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:36:23 +0000
  • Lara Cachafeiro Casanova
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:33:15 +0000
    Rent control and energy efficiency!. I have seen some flats when trying to find a property that might just as well not have any windows!
  • Ying Lei Lee
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:31:33 +0000
  • Rachel McKay
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:25:15 +0000
  • Christine Rigg
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:19:52 +0000
  • Angela Ireland
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:19:20 +0000
    Affordable housing for all
  • Elaine Sosinka
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:19:08 +0000
    social housing
  • Lorraine Hamilton
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:18:43 +0000
    Affordable rents, renters rights, access to (and more) social housing
  • Chris Corrall
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:14:46 +0000
    Rent controls
  • Finn Beyts
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:05:03 +0000
    Rent controls (and reductions)
  • Chris Taylor
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:04:37 +0000
    Affordability
  • Andy Paterson
    endorsed 2022-03-07 21:01:33 +0000
    Socially owned housing for all
  • Avgoustina Pinialidi
    endorsed 2022-03-07 20:59:22 +0000
  • Katya Zabelski
    endorsed 2022-03-07 20:58:57 +0000
  • Ryan Carnfeldt
    endorsed 2022-03-07 20:58:54 +0000