Episode #207 - Rent Rise No More

Episode 207 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download the episode directly here . This week, Craig talks to Eilidh Keay from Living Rent about the state of the private rented sector in Scotland, what this means for tenants - especially when their rent is too high and/or their home is poorly maintained by their landlord and what the Scottish Government is about to do to bring in effective rent controls, improve tenants rights and conditions in rented homes. You can read Living Rent/Common Weal's proposal for a quality-based rent control system here: You can read Craig's paper on building more social rented homes here: You can join or find out more about Living Rent here: Common Weal's work is only possible thanks to our generous supporters who regularly donate an average of £10 per month. If you would like to help us build our vision of an All of Us First Scotland, you can do so here: The Policy Podcast would like to discuss all of Common Weal's policy papers in detail as well as other major policy stories in and around Scotland so if there are any topics that you would like to see covered or if you have an interesting policy story to tell and would like to be a guest on the show, please contact Craig at craig@common.scot You can also find us on iTunes , Spotify , Castbox , Stitcher, Tunein , iHeart Radio and other major podcast aggregators. You can also add the podcast to your RSS feed using this link: Theme Excerpts from "Hiding Your Reality" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License Support the show

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Episode #207 - Rent Rise No More is an episode from The Common Weal Policy Podcast by Common Weal.

This episode is 34:40 long.

This episode was published on Apr 17, 2024.

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