Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Around 340,000 households or 15 per cent of all homes in Scotland are in the private rented sector (PRS).The sector is concentrated in our cities.
63 per cent of all PRS properties are flats. Out of all housing stock the PRS accounts for 25 per cent of homes in Edinburgh, 18 per cent in Glasgow, 27 per cent in Dundee and 18 per cent in Aberdeen.The PRS is a dysfunctional market that trebled in size over the last 20 years.
Its growth has exploited a lack of social housing.We all need somewhere to live, and the market has overheated in too many parts of Scotland because there’s no choice for those with modest or low incomes.Almost 12,000 households.
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