Tenement flats along Comely Bank in Edinburgh
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HOUSING legislation that promises to usher in new and permanent rent controls in Scotland has passed its first parliamentary test.
The Housing (Scotland) Bill would improve the rented sector for tenants, but even with the support of Labour and Green MSPs it was not plain sailing.
Green MSP Maggie Chapman hit out at possible property exemptions in the Bill and clauses allowing above-inflation increases branding them a “capitulation to landlord interests.”
Edinburgh’s upcoming by-elections offer tenants a chance to put politicians under pressure over soaring rents and a council that has repeatedly sided with landlords and developers, says ADITI JEHANGIR
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Burnham’s U-turn on tackling greedy landlords has let the country down
