Posts Tagged ‘controls’
Stronger penalties for Rogue Landlords
Landlords who flout the rules and who rent out substandard and dangerous accommodation should face stiffer penalties, at present Landlords can only be jailed if convicted of illegally evicting a tenant, this should be extended to landlords who take advantage of vunerable tenants in a serious manner. The Local Government Association (LGA) have appealed for…
Read MorePrivate sector rent controls in Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon is an advocate of rent controls, she has outlined plans in the Scottish Parliament to introduce them through a Private Tenancies Bill, personally I have always thought some form of rent control would be the most sensible way of keeping a cap on private sector rents, however this method of controlling rents should…
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