Locals will be able to report short-term holiday lets in their area using a new tool launched by Andy Wightman

• Green MSP launches new tool to monitor growth in holiday lets
• The number of short term lets is “out of control” in Edinburgh, Wightman argues

A NEW online tool will allow local people to report and track the number of Airbnb-style holiday lets in their community, Green MSP Andy Wightman has announced. 

Solicitor Advocate Mike Dailly has said the government should prioritise a stronger regulatory regime to oversee the private rental sector

Andy Wightman is supporting Colin Brown who is facing eviction from his home of 27 years 

A new survey has revealed that hundreds of thousands of Scots struggling to pay rent or mortgage costs

Colin Brown is resisting eviction from his Leith home where he has lived for 27 years

The 2019 increase in new builds is the highest number of annual completions since 2008 

"Scandalous" figures released by Shelter have shown 183 children are made homeless everyday across the UK

With the average cost of private renting rising in 15 out of 18 Scottish regions, the tenants’ union Living Rent has warned “the situation is only going to continue to get worse” without rent controls

Tory child poverty record condemned by opposition parties on the campaign trail