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Last year, after years of work from organised tenants, the government passed the Housing Bill and with it rent controls. Though this was a huge step forward, the landlord lobby undermined key parts of the bill ensuring the rent controls are riddled with loopholes. As a result it will be two years before any tenants feel any benefits of rent controls, leaving two years for landlords to hike up rents. Even when they come in, huge numbers of properties have been made exempt, leaving too many tenants without protections.

It’s clear that our political process is betraying us.

So we’re going fight back. We're to go back to basics. We are going to strengthen our movement. We are going to build a movement of people who are angry about their rent increases, who are angry about their landlords, who are angry about being evicted. 

And here’s how we are going to do it. Every week, in branches across our union, we are going to go out on the doors, talk to our neighbours, map our rent levels in our neighbourhoods, identify the worst landlords and grow our movement of people who are angry about the state of our housing and want to fight for change.

And then, once we have built this anger and grown our movement, we will hold mass meetings and plan for how we use our power to fight for a housing system that works for us! And on the cards right now? Withholding our rent increases, and mass eviction resistance!... 

Join us. 

 

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Outreach in Shawlands to bring rents down!

This government has failed tenants. Join us for our weekly outreach to map our neighbourhoods and work to bring rents down!

Last year the Scottish government voted to implement rent controls, but it will be years before any local authority is able to declare rent control areas. 

Even when they are introduced, the rent controls voted on are riddled with exemptions that will leave a huge number of tenants in mid market properties and build to rent developments without any protections.

So we need to fight back. 

Come and join our door knocking to map our rents, build anger and fight to bring rents down.

Meet outside Langisde Hall for 6pm for a quick training before we go out on the doors!

Please RSVP so we know who is coming.

WHEN
April 27, 2026 at 18:00
WHERE
Meet outside Langside Hall
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Outreach in Shawlands to bring rents down!

This government has failed tenants. Join us for our weekly outreach to map our neighbourhoods and work to bring rents down!

Last year the Scottish government voted to implement rent controls, but it will be years before any local authority is able to declare rent control areas. 

Even when they are introduced, the rent controls voted on are riddled with exemptions that will leave a huge number of tenants in mid market properties and build to rent developments without any protections.

So we need to fight back. 

Come and join our door knocking to map our rents, build anger and fight to bring rents down.

Meet outside Langisde Hall for 6pm for a quick training before we go out on the doors!

Please RSVP so we know who is coming.

WHEN
April 13, 2026 at 18:00
WHERE
Meet outside Langside Hall
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Outreach in Shawlands to bring rents down!

This government has failed tenants. Join us for our weekly outreach to map our neighbourhoods and work to bring rents down!

Last year the Scottish government voted to implement rent controls, but it will be years before any local authority is able to declare rent control areas. 

Even when they are introduced, the rent controls voted on are riddled with exemptions that will leave a huge number of tenants in mid market properties and build to rent developments without any protections.

So we need to fight back. 

Come and join our door knocking to map our rents, build anger and fight to bring rents down.

Meet outside Langisde Hall for 6pm for a quick training before we go out on the doors!

Please RSVP so we know who is coming.

WHEN
March 30, 2026 at 18:00
WHERE
Meet outside Langside Hall
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Outreach in Shawlands to bring rents down!

This government has failed tenants. Join us for our weekly outreach to map our neighbourhoods and work to bring rents down!

Last year the Scottish government voted to implement rent controls, but it will be years before any local authority is able to declare rent control areas. 

Even when they are introduced, the rent controls voted on are riddled with exemptions that will leave a huge number of tenants in mid market properties and build to rent developments without any protections.

So we need to fight back. 

Come and join our door knocking to map our rents, build anger and fight to bring rents down.

Meet outside Langisde Hall for 6pm for a quick training before we go out on the doors!

Please RSVP so we know who is coming.

WHEN
April 20, 2026 at 18:00
WHERE
Meet outside Langside Hall
rsvp

Outreach in Shawlands to bring rents down!

This government has failed tenants. Join us for our weekly outreach to map our neighbourhoods and work to bring rents down!

Last year the Scottish government voted to implement rent controls, but it will be years before any local authority is able to declare rent control areas. 

Even when they are introduced, the rent controls voted on are riddled with exemptions that will leave a huge number of tenants in mid market properties and build to rent developments without any protections.

So we need to fight back. 

Come and join our door knocking to map our rents, build anger and fight to bring rents down.

Meet outside Langisde Hall for 6pm for a quick training before we go out on the doors!

Please RSVP so we know who is coming.

WHEN
March 16, 2026 at 18:00
WHERE
Meet outside Langside Hall
rsvp

Outreach in Shawlands to bring rents down!

This government has failed tenants. Join us for our weekly outreach to map our neighbourhoods and work to bring rents down!

Last year the Scottish government voted to implement rent controls, but it will be years before any local authority is able to declare rent control areas. 

Even when they are introduced, the rent controls voted on are riddled with exemptions that will leave a huge number of tenants in mid market properties and build to rent developments without any protections.

So we need to fight back. 

Come and join our door knocking to map our rents, build anger and fight to bring rents down.

Meet outside Langisde Hall for 6pm for a quick training before we go out on the doors!

Please RSVP so we know who is coming.

WHEN
March 23, 2026 at 18:00
WHERE
Meet outside Langside Hall
rsvp

Outreach in Shawlands to bring rents down!

This government has failed tenants. Join us for our weekly outreach to map our neighbourhoods and work to bring rents down!

Last year the Scottish government voted to implement rent controls, but it will be years before any local authority is able to declare rent control areas. 

Even when they are introduced, the rent controls voted on are riddled with exemptions that will leave a huge number of tenants in mid market properties and build to rent developments without any protections.

So we need to fight back. 

Come and join our door knocking to map our rents, build anger and fight to bring rents down.

Meet outside Langisde Hall for 6pm for a quick training before we go out on the doors!

Please RSVP so we know who is coming.

WHEN
April 06, 2026 at 18:00
WHERE
Meet outside Langside Hall
rsvp

Outreach in Newington to bring rents down!

This government has failed tenants. Join us for our weekly outreach to map our neighbourhoods and work to bring rents down!

Last year the Scottish government voted to implement rent controls, but it will be years before any local authority is able to declare rent control areas. 

Even when they are introduced, the rent controls voted on are riddled with exemptions that will leave a huge number of tenants in mid market properties and build to rent developments without any protections.

So we need to fight back. 

Come and join our door knocking to map our rents, build anger and fight to bring rents down.

Meet outside the Pavillion Cafe at 5.30pm for a quick training before we go out on the doors!

Please RSVP so we know who is coming.

WHEN
March 19, 2026 at 17:30
WHERE
Meet outside the Pavillion Cafe in the Meadows
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