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Private rented-sector

The private rented sector accounts for eight per cent of households in Scotland, around 173,000 properties. Almost a third of all private rented housing is let to students.

It plays an important role in providing accommodation for all sorts of different households.

But how much do you know about the rules on private renting, and your rights and responsibilities as a tenant or landlord?

The following information is designed to help Scotland's private sector landlords and tenants get the information they need to protect themselves and improve the standard of their housing.

Tenants can access facts on what they can and can't expect from their landlord and information on issues such as what to do if the landlord refuses to carry out repairs or retains a deposit at the end of the tenancy.

It also offers landlords information on topics such as leases, inventories, physical standards of the property and how to deal with problem tenants.

The following organisations may be able to help you:

Tenants

Landlords