Scottish Greens urge landlords to stop evictions during winter

Scottish Greens urge landlords to stop evictions during winter

0:02 AM, 27th December 2024, About 4 weeks ago 19

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The Scottish Greens are demanding that ALL landlords halt evictions during the winter months to show “compassion and kindness.”

The party, which was in a coalition with the SNP, previously supported an eviction ban that lasted until March this year, pausing evictions for six months.

The Scottish Green Party claims that the end of this eviction ban will leave more tenants at risk of homelessness.

Urge every landlord to be compassionate this winter

Scottish Greens spokesperson for housing Ariane Burgess MSP, claims the eviction ban will hurt tenants.

She said: “We brought in a rent freeze and evictions ban in 2022 to ease the financial pressures and stress of insecure tenancies for people during the pandemic.

“Now, both the freeze and ban have ended. The forthcoming Housing Bill should offer stronger rights for tenants, but I fear that what we will get is a watered down version of the bill by the Scottish government.

“This winter there is a real threat of more tenancies ending abruptly and more people facing homelessness as a result. That is why we need robust and permanent protections.

“In the meantime, I urge every landlord and others across the rental sector to be compassionate this winter; to avoid evictions and ensure that everyone has a warm, safe place to call home over the festive season and beyond.”

Number of tenants facing eviction was more than double

Critics have called the Scottish government’s previous eviction ban and rent cap a “sham,” pointing out that the number of tenants facing eviction was actually more than double the usual amount while the ban was in place.

David Alexander, the chief executive of DJ Alexander, said of the eviction ban: “Unfortunately this situation was entirely predictable but is terrible news for thousands of tenants who have been let down by a policy which has never been shown to work anywhere and is always detrimental to the renters.

“No country in the world has been able to make a rent freeze and eviction ban work because such policies always result in a reduction of the available number of properties resulting in greater demand and higher rents.

“Anecdotally the rent freeze coupled with an eviction ban may also have led some tenants to believe that they no longer needed to pay rent as they could not lose their home.

“This is not the case as so many hundreds of people are finding out.”

Despite clear evidence that rent controls don’t work, the Scottish government plans to introduce a new rent cap system through the Scottish Housing Bill, which passed its first reading earlier this year.


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Lomondhomes

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22:08 PM, 27th December 2024, About 4 weeks ago

Scottish Landlords urge Scottish Greens to stop adding burdens to landlords who have to pass it on to tenants

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23:07 PM, 27th December 2024, About 4 weeks ago

Really the nonsense the greens spout has done nothing but cause great harm to landlords.

Compassion where is the compassion for a landlord who may loss their own home aswell as the btl.

The first tier tribunal system in Scotland is shocking can easily take over a year to evict . Some cases I know of 2 years 8 months.
So after that amount of time you are so desperate to get them out. If it was me I would do it even Christmas day.

If tenant left when asked chances are they would not have been put in that position.

Facts are in Scotland 93% of landlords own just one btl. 5%,0 own upto 3 the remainder own over . There is something like 1260 landlords in Scotland that are registered as owning more than three properties.

The green party are also pushing for all the net zero policies .
In Scotland if you own more than three btls you will get no financial support to improve EPC .

So tenants rent will need to go up.

Greens are also pushing if you have a rating C but have a gas or oil boiler then your rating will be down graded so that you need to fit heat source system.

Private rentals in Scotland is 14% so why push for them only to hit targets . If they really wanted to make a difference it should be every property.

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8:26 AM, 28th December 2024, About 4 weeks ago

Several articles in newspapers over the Christmas period have featured people (usually someone who has struggled to pay the rent) who have been evicted just before Christmas.

What actually transpires is that they have NOT been evicted but have merely had a S21 served on them.

As any landlord knows this is meaningless as it is likely a tenant will sit tight till the bailiffs drill the key lock out

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10:16 AM, 28th December 2024, About 4 weeks ago

Reply to the comment left by Helen at 27/12/2024 - 12:29
There is no S21 in Scotland, also the eviction ban was lifted so the notice period would be 28-84 days depending on length of tenancy and reason for eviction.

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14:58 PM, 28th December 2024, About 4 weeks ago

Its like saying - we shouldn't prosecute Shoplifters in the winter,

Criminal and Civil debt should only be a " Summer-time phenomenon "

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23:33 PM, 28th December 2024, About 3 weeks ago

This is just total madness!

So the Greens are asking me to let a non paying tenant stay put while it costs me money? Have I got that right?

Tell you what, if anyone in the Green Party wants compassion to be shown then put your best foot forward and cover the missing rent from those who would otherwise be evicted - no takers?? Thought not.

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9:11 AM, 29th December 2024, About 3 weeks ago

Please Tesco, can you kindly reduce the cost of shopping at your store so I can feed my family?

No.

Please Ford, can you kindly reduce the cost of a car so I don't have to walk to work?

No.

Please BBC can you kindly scrap the licence fee as I am a pensioner and cannot afford it?

No

Labour can you kindly retract your action on the WFA to protect the poorest in society?

No

Please private landlord can you kindly not evict me even though I am not paying the rent/trashing your house?

No

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9:36 AM, 29th December 2024, About 3 weeks ago

Please England, can Scotland have more money from the English taxpayer ... err yes

Blodwyn

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9:37 AM, 29th December 2024, About 3 weeks ago

Health Warning: don’t let the Greens near your LA’s levers of power!

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