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Plans have been drawn up to cap rising rents in Scotland LANDLORDS have hiked up bills and refused to carry out repairs amid plans to give tenants a fairer deal by capping soaring rents. MSPs on Holyrood’s Local Government and Communities Committee have been warned that the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the lack of power tenants have over landlords. The committee heard evidence Labour MSP Pauline MacNeill’s proposals for the Fair Rents Bill, which would halt private landlords from increasing rents by more than the CPI measure of inflation plus one per cent. The Bill is now being considered by MSPs after a u-turn amid initial fears they would not be enough time to consider the plans before the May Holyrood election.
Some landlords have behaved ‘disgracefully’ in pandemic, MSPs told February 24 2021, 11.35am
Rents have been rising above inflation by around 40% over the last decade in places like Glasgow and Edinburgh (Danny Lawson/PA)
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Some landlords have behaved “disgracefully” during the pandemic, MSPs have heard, hiking up rents and refusing to carry out repairs on properties.
More measures are needed to tackle above-inflation rent rises which are swallowing up tenants’ income, Holyrood’s Local Government Committee was told.
Some landlords have behaved disgracefully in pandemic, MSPs told pressandjournal.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pressandjournal.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.