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Landlords blighting rural areas, report says
Holyrood, the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh

A NEW report from Community Land Scotland (CLS) highlights the negative effects of the monopoly on rural land ownership north of the border.

The report – Scoping the classic effects of monopolies within concentrated patterns of rural land ownership – is the second in a series, Land and the Common Good, by the group and outlines the negative effects that private landlords can have on communities. 

Written by Heriot Watt University’s Professor Mike Danson, the report found large-scale monopoly landownership is basically inefficient, encouraging outward migration and restricting prosperity.

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