Grassroots group demands action against unlawful short term lets in the capital ahead of council report

Private rents have risen by a third in Glasgow and 40 per cent in Lothians since 2010

Tenants are angered by a heating scheme they say is too expensive and harms poorer residents

Scottish Government must “take action now close this loophole and drastically step up regulation and ensure tenants are safe,” says co-author of new report

Rise in AirBNBs contributed to the housing crisis in tourist hotspots like Edinburgh and the Highlands

Legislation for Rent Pressure Zones was passed in 2016, but have been described as unworkable and have not been introduced in any Council area yet

The first minister announced that the SNP will introduce legislation for a referendum next month, and confirmed plans for it to be passed by the end of the year

A resident of the Wyndford estate in Glasgow, Scott Carroll was cut off from central heating over the winter after a spell in hospital with pneumonia – but he’s now finding his feet with the tenants’ union

LAST month, Scott Carroll had to walk home in the rain from hospital with pneumonia, with no money for public transport.

When he got home to his flat in the Wyndford estate in Maryhill, he applied to the council for a crisis grant to get the heating turned back on.

When housing inequality has got progressively worse over the past 20 years, it may be time to start looking at the vested interests of media/political elites – including in Scotland

IF YOU have not yet seen the Sky News anchor Jayne Secker’s outrageous interview with a tenant, then here it is in all its breathtaking arrogance.