Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022

Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022
Act of the Scottish Parliament
Long titleAn Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in connection with protecting residential tenants from increases in rent; protecting residential tenants from eviction; and for connected purposes.
Citation2022 asp 10
Introduced byPatrick Harvie MSP, Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights
Territorial extent  Scotland
Dates
Royal assent27 October 2022
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through the Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10) is an act of the Scottish Parliament which came into force on 27 October 2022.

The act froze rents and established a moratorium on evictions for both the private rented and social sectors until at least 31 March 2023.