The Local Government and Communities Committee decided not to proceed with the Bill as it was considered there would not be sufficient time to scrutinise it fully before next year’s Scottish Parliament elections.
Some of the proposals in the Bill included:
- Introducing a general cap in Scotland on rent increases for Private Residential Tenancies (PRT) at no more than the annual Consumer Prices Index ("CPI") plus one per cent.
- Providing tenants on a PRT with the right to apply for a fair rent to be determined no more than once in any 12-month period.
- Requiring private landlords to disclose the rents they charge for each property when they register or renew their registration on the Scottish Landlord Register.
- Requiring Scottish Ministers, within three years from the commencement of the proposed legislation to publish a statement on the impact of the Bill.