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Rogue landlords ‘counting down the days’ for protection to lapse, warn Scottish Greens
Tenement flats along Comely Bank in Edinburgh

ROGUE landlords are “counting down the days” to the expiry of rent controls, the Scottish Greens warned today.

A temporary Scottish government cap on rent increases will lapse at the end of this month, leaving tenants at the mercy of the market until the Housing (Scotland) Bill, now at stage two in Holyrood, is passed.

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