3 September 2007 saw the Introduction of the new Repairing Standard for the Private Rented Sector in Scotland which imposed new requirements on landlords to maintain their properties to let.

Under the Anti-social Behaviour (Scotland) Act 2004, all landlords (with few exceptions) renting residential property in are required to register with the local authority where they let their property. 

The Landlord can propose an increase to the rent at any time during the tenancy using the statutory notice from the Housing () Act 1988 called the AT2. The notice can only be used once each year and the Tenant must be given six months notice of any increase.

A landlord can increase the rent for a Short Assured Tenancy in three main methods:

If you do not use a written tenancy agreement you may create an Assured Tenancy.

SAL provides a model short assured tenancy agreement, which can be downloaded free of charge from our Members’ Area.

A Notice to Quit Landlord is a specific document which must be used to end the contractural part of a tenancy. The way it is served and the dates on the notice must be correct or it won't be valid.

A copy of the Notice to Quit and instructions on its use can be found in our Members’ Area.

You can only rely on grounds 1 - 5 of the Housing ( ) Act 1988 if you tell your tenant, before you create their tenancy, that you may want to use them.  The following grounds are the most commonly used "prior" grounds.

With a few exceptions all tenancies, in , that started after 1 January 1989 are Assured Tenancies. A Short Assured Tenancy is a special type of Assured Tenancy which requires two additional conditions to be met: