DJ Alexander in Scotland has reacted with concern at the Scottish government’s emergency legislation to introduce a rent freeze and a moratorium on evictions in the country.
The letting agency says the rent freeze legislation will hurt tenants more than landlords, despite claims to the contrary by the Scottish minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights, Patrick Harvie.
Harvie’s view that tenants will be protected by freezing rents is not borne out by reality or by the concerns of many organisations protesting against this policy.
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