Catherine Sheldon's landlord put her up rent from £520 to £700 after her flatmate said she wanted to move out.
A Glasgow woman has been hit with a huge rent rise due to a loophole in the Scottish Government rent cap. Catherine Sheldon is one of thousands of young Scots struggling with the cost of living crisis.
Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. But Catherine, who is a recent graduate and hospitality worker, is struggling to find anything within her price range and is scared she will be forced out of Glasgow altogether. This figure is higher than London, where it has risen by 5.9%. The statistics show annual private rental costs increased by 5.5% across the UK as a whole, with England at 5.4% and Wales at 6.5%.
He said there is a housing crisis in Scotland that private renters are at the very sharp end of. He told the BBC rent rises were outstripping the growth in incomes and people were spending more of their income than ever before on housing. "I am genuinely afraid of moving out of this property and spending much more money on rent and actually being homeless. If I cannot live here anymore, I know I will struggle to find a home."
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