Housing (Scotland) Act 1988

Product Information

The Scottish Government has developed a recommended Model Tenancy Agreement for the Private Residential Tenancy. Find out more about the Model Tenancy Agreement and how you can create a private residential tenancy agreement online.

You cannot charge your tenant for providing written tenancy terms or any other information you're required by law to provide. Your tenancy agreement should be written in easy to understand language and should not include any unfair terms. After section 256 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 there shall be added the following section— S-256A

Legislation

Application by a tenant to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber for a determination of the terms of a statutory assured tenancy and, if appropriate, rent for that tenancy under section 17(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988

Notice by landlord under section 17(2) proposing terms of a statutory assured tenancy different from the terms of the former tenancy Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— I Scottish Homes A property can still be considered a separate dwelling even if some of its facilities are shared with other tenants. For example, if you only rent a bedroom in a flat but you can use a shared bathroom and kitchen, the property will be treated as a separate dwelling because you have access to the facilities you need for it to be considered a separate dwelling. Improvements for tenants include: This procedure can only be used at 12-month intervals. It cannot be used within 12 months of the date a new increased rent took effect, either by virtue of a previous application of this procedure, or by agreement between landlord and tenant. b) in subsection (2)(e) to (l) above may be exercised only in accordance with arrangements made with the Secretary of State.If you want to leave after an assured tenancy runs out, you have to give your landlord or letting agency notice. The notice period has to be at least: Appeals to the First Tier Tribunal Housing and Property Chamber are made on a prescribed form AT4. [3] Both the landlord and the tenant may be represented at the hearing. The tribunal should determine a market rent for the property, ie a rent that the landlord could reasonably expect to get on the open market for a similar property let out on an assured tenancy on the same terms. [4] In doing so, the panel should disregard the fact that there is a tenant in the property; the value of any improvements carried out by the tenant, or alternatively, anything arising from the failure of the tenant to carry out their obligations under the tenancy.

For the purposes of section 278 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (general vesting declarations) Scottish Homes shall be deemed to be a public authority to which that section applies. Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the constitution and proceedings of and other matters relating to Scottish Homes. local councils can apply to Scottish Ministers to cap the levels of rent increases in areas where rents are rising too much s) promote, or assist in the promotion of, publicity relating to its general functions and powers and to matters relating to housing; Your landlord cannot just ask you to leave because the tenancy has reached its end date. They have to give you a reason that falls under one of the 17 grounds for eviction. If you want to leaveS-3 Dissolution of SSHA and transfer of its property, rights, liabilities and obligations to Scottish Homes. protection from frequent rent increases – your rent cannot go up more than once a year and you must get at least 3 months' notice of any increase