Found: We are concerned that Bill has no minimum tenancy length, which could be a further boon to the short-lets
Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) He has been very vocal about short-term lets. - Speech Link
2: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) increased prevalence of short-term lets. - Speech Link
3: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) lets, which have turned into short-term lets. - Speech Link
Correspondence May. 03 2024
Committee: Local Government, Housing and Planning CommitteeFound: lack experience but are key to housing delivery • Solution s need to be found that facilitate a short
Nov. 16 2023
Source Page: Communications about the Highland Council Short-Term Letting Licensing scheme: FOI releaseFound: Communications about the Highland Council Short-Term Letting Licensing scheme: FOI release
Found: lets by the backdoor.
Feb. 21 2024
Source Page: Scottish Government & Office for National Statistics Stakeholder Event - Scottish PRS price indices and statisticsFound: authorities, Registers of Scotland, SPICe, housing charities, university researchers, and private sector
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Labour - Canterbury)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of provisions in the Renters (Reform) Bill on the ability of students to acquire short-term lets for the purposes of their education.
Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Since introducing the Renters (Reform) Bill, we have heard from across the sector that the Bill would interrupt the student housing market, potentially reducing a vital supply of properties. We have listened to these concerns and recognise that further changes are needed.
We have amended the Bill to include a new ground for possession which will allow landlords of HMOs to seek possession ahead of each new academic year, facilitating the yearly cycle of short-term student tenancies. This will mean students can sign up to a property in advance, safe in the knowledge they will have somewhere to live while studying.
Correspondence Feb. 06 2024
Committee: Local Government, Housing and Planning CommitteeFound: At the same time, there has been a decline in the number of social lets available, limiting local authorities
Mentions:
1: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Airbnb or similar ultra-short lets. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) We know that much supply has been lost to short-term lets, which was expanded on very well by the noble - Speech Link
3: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) lets, and introducing a new planning use class for short-term lets.On the suggestion by the noble Lord - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Fraser, Murdo (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) lets, with different councils taking different approaches. - Speech Link
2: MacDonald, Gordon (SNP - Edinburgh Pentlands) lets policy, and that the national legislation underpinning the licence scheme remains robust and applicable - Speech Link
3: McLennan, Paul (SNP - East Lothian) Liz Smith will be aware of some of the developments in the renewables sector in Inverness. - Speech Link