Landlords in the capital are 'bullying' tenants into taking rent increased above the current price cap, according to union Living Rent.
Private tenants have claimed they have been pushed into accepting increases of up to £400, far higher than the 3 per cent cap set out by the Scottish Parliament. Despite the current freeze a loophole allows landlords to do it if their tenant agrees, according to the Daily Record.
Jude, 23, and Laurence, 22, have been threatened with eviction if they don't agree to increase the rent on their Edinburgh home. The duo have paid twelve months of rent in a nine month period, for the last three years.
