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*S6M-06178 Patrick Harvie: Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill—That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill.
*S6M-06178 Patrick Harvie: Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill—That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill.
Cost of Living Act 1 June 2023 A letter from the Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights, 1 June 2023.
A letter from the Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights, 1 June 2023.
The situation does not change significantly if a flat is rented out. Tenants usually only have responsibility:
under statute, as 'occupiers', for the cleanliness of the common areasiCivic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, section 92.
under a typical tenancy agreement, for minor repairs to the flat's interior decoration and for damage caused by the tenant's negligence, or the negligence of any person the tenant has invited into the property.
The policy intention of the MLDT is to offer increased flexibility to landlords and tenants to negotiate lease provisions in relation to fixed equipment and rent to meet their needs.
The correspondence further states that the coming into force date of the act and regulations cannot be moved, as the measures are urgently needed to help protect tenants during the cost of living crisis.
The tenants union Living Rent is calling for statutory and binding rent consultations that present a real choice to tenants and empower them to reject rent increases if they wish to do so.
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.cosla.gov.uk/news/2022/councils-put-tenants-first-on-rent-levels-for-next-year" target="_blank">https://www.cosla.gov.uk/news/2022/councils-put-tenants-first-on-rent-levels-for-next-year</a> Members of SFHA and Glasgow West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations have...