Fairer Renting Campaign Arrives In Edinburgh

A housing charity is launching a campaign in Edinburgh to build public support for reforming tenancy agreements.

Shelter Scotland’s 'Make Renting Right' campaign aims to raise awareness of and build public support for reforming the outdated private tenancy system, which they say sees too many households forced "from pillar to post on short-term rental agreements".The charity says a chronic shortage of affordable social housing has driven more and more people into Scotland’s private rented sector.

Graeme Brown, Director of Shelter Scotland, says:

“We want to see a private rented sector in Edinburgh and across Scotland that is fit for families and protects all tenants – a sector that provides long-term homes, not short-term housing.

“Short-term tenancy agreements do not provide the stability and security that the more than 80,000 families with children living in the private rented sector need in order to live a settled life.

“Too often we hear of people being moved on, evicted or rents increased unreasonably, forcing people into the disruptive cycle of having to move house - every six months in some cases - preventing them from ever being able to put down strong roots and being part of a community.”