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A third of private tenants in Scotland struggle to pay their rent
Tenement flats along Comely Bank in Edinburgh

NEARLY a third of private tenants in Scotland struggle to pay their rent each month, according to a new study. 

Charitable trust SafeDeposits Scotland has created a representative sample of 1,000 private-sector tenants around the country.

It found that 24 per cent had difficulty paying their monthly rent, while 8 per cent found it “very difficult” and 49 per cent had cut back on household necessities to line private landlords’s pockets.

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