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Two-thirds of Scottish renters fear eviction as protections end
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LANDLORDS “cannot be trusted” now that the temporary eviction ban has ended and nearly two-thirds of Scottish renters fear losing their home, according to their union.

Under pressure from tenants’ union Living Rent, a short-term ban on evictions and a rent cap had been put in place by the SNP-Green Scottish government in 2022 as a measure to limit damage done to renters by the cost-of-greed crisis as more permanent regulation was developed.

But this provision ended at the end of March and the regulations were replaced by a strengthened adjudication process for rent increases, allowing rises of 6 per cent or less with an effective cap of 12 per cent.

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