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Older Scottish renters face ‘catastrophe’ amid soaring bills
Model houses on a pile of coins and bank notes, September 12, 2018
RISING rents could be “catastrophic” for older renters in Scotland, a charity has warned.
New research released today by Independent Age has found that 39 per cent of Scottish private renters live in poverty, up from 24 per cent a decade before.
The charity says that older renters are “terrified” their rent could increase after the end of the current rent rise cap on March 31.
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