
Rose and Oli rent in Edinburgh
(Picture: Handout)The introduction of a rent freeze in Scotland earlier this month was part of a raft of measures from Nicola Sturgeon’s government aimed at helping with the rising cost of living.
Exact details remain sketchy but the freeze, aimed at privately and publicly rented homes, is planned to last until at least March 2023 with additional emergency legislation being introduced to ban evictions during the winter.