National estate agency group Belvoir says Scotland’s Private Rented Sector (PRS) is in crisis and warns that the situation is set to deteriorate further due to rent controls and a chronic shortage of housing.
Rent controls and legislation aimed at forcing landlords out of the PRS are only exacerbating the situation and making it ‘incredibly difficult for tenants’.
Statistics from the Scottish Household Surveys show that there are some 14% less properties available to rent than the 370,000 that were available in 2016.
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