A rent freeze on private rented property is likely to be extended, prompting a renewed backlash from landlords and investors.
Tenants’ rights minister Patrick Harvie was today accused of “ignoring the serious damage” that the tenants’s rights legislation is doing.
Mr Harvie insisted the emergency rent freeze for private tenants, introduced via the legislation introduced in October to ease cost of living pressures, remains “necessary and proportionate”.
He told MSPs he will recommend they approve an extension to the freeze and a moratorium on evictions.