The Scottish government have published (19/01/2022) the formal regulations which will lead to the expiry of the “rent cap” in the social rented sector.

The Regulations can be found here
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2023/8/made

This follows the announcement last week that it would be brought to an end after agreement was reached, following discussions between the government and the housing organisations representing registered social landlords across Scotland.

The regulations indicate that the rent cap will now expire on 26 February 2023. This will allow all social landlords time to prepare and deliver their proposed rent increase letters, no matter whether their rent period starts on 28 March or 1 April.

Clearly landlords will still require to give their tenants 28 days’ notice of any proposed increase. Those landlords who wish to increase rent from the 28 March will need to be ready to serve the notices almost immediately after the Regulations come into force.
Given the ongoing Royal Mail dispute, landlords might also need to investigate alternative methods of delivery of the rent increase notices rather than relying on normal post.

If you require any advice or further information on this, please do not hesitate to contact our housing team.