A FALKIRK landlord tried to hike a tenant's rent by 121%, a National investigation found.
An analysis of figures from rent adjudication cases referred to Rent Services Scotland (RSS) by Living Rent and The National have uncovered the extent of how much landlords tried to push rents up – despite current protections.
Measures, which are set to be lifted on April 1, capped the amount landlords could raise rents by at 12%, but only if tenants referred the case to rental officers.
This means there are likely scores of cases where tenants have paid over this 12% limit.
Our investigation charted the percentage amount landlords attempted to raise rents by in the 866 cases referred to RSS.
As you can see below, in the majority of cases, landlords tried to push the limit of how much they could get tenants to pay.
We also broke down the figures into percentage brackets, to see the scale of the issue.
This showed that in 40 cases landlords tried to raise rents between 41% and 50%, and in 24 cases above 50%.
The breakdown also revealed that the most popular percentage landlords applied to raise rents by was bang on the 12% limit - on 165 occasions.
However, it also revealed several extreme outliers, where landlords attempted to raise rents by 121%, 100% and 94%.
You can read more about what the adjudication process is like from one Edinburgh tenant who was successful in their challenge, but added it was undoubtedly "stressful".
