Rented sector reform: Housing (Scotland) Bill: business and regulatory impact assessment

Rationale for Government intervention

Housing to 2040 sets out a vision for what the Scottish Government wants homes and communities to look and feel like. It is a vision where homes are affordable for everyone, where standards are similar whether you rent or own your home, where homes have easy access to green spaces and essential services and where homelessness, child poverty and fuel poverty have been eradicated.

The Scottish Government is of the view that further long-term changes to improve affordability, fairness and strengthen existing legislation are required to deliver our vision for rented sector housing; in line with commitments made in Housing to 2040, the Bute House Agreement Shared Policy Programme and the New Deal for Tenants Draft Rented Sector Strategy Consultation. We are therefore progressing a range of measures for both the private and social rented sectors through the Housing (Scotland) Bill.

Further details of the rationale for Government intervention are set out against each specific proposed measures below and in the Policy Memorandum^[28] accompanying the Bill.