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Scotland must use its powers to act on rip-off rents
Labour MSP Mercedes Villalba says that the Scottish Parliament must use its powers to deliver transformative change, starting with a rent freeze for tenants
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IN THE midst of a cost-of-living emergency, workers are increasingly looking to the Scottish government to use the significant powers available to it to deliver urgent support.
In recent weeks, I have been calling on the Scottish government to use its powers to introduce an emergency rent freeze to support tenants in the private rented sector.
Bringing in a rent freeze, to prevent landlords continuing to impose above-inflation rent hikes on cash strapped tenants, is something which can and must be delivered in Scotland.
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