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Ending Student Tenancies In Scottish Purpose-built Student Accommodation: A Consultation

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The Scottish Government is consulting on giving student tenants a route to end their PBSA tenancy early.

United KingdomReal Estate and Construction
Chris McDaid
Chris McDaid
Richard B Smith
Richard B Smith
Helen Abrams
Helen Abrams

The Scottish Government is consulting on giving student tenants a route to end their PBSA tenancy early.

Overview

The Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 gave Scottish Ministers the power to introduce a right for a student tenant in Scottish Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) to end their tenancy early in certain circumstances. The Scottish Government is seeking views on how such a right should operate and is inviting responses until the consultation closes on 22 October 2026.

What the consultation proposes, and why

PBSA tenancies sit outside the private residential tenancy (PRT) regime that applies to most private rented housing in Scotland. PRTs are open-ended, with no-fault evictions prohibited and tenants free to leave on notice. In contrast, PBSA tenancies are fixed-term, run to the academic year, and currently give the student tenant no legal right to bring the tenancy to an early end. Depending on the circumstances and policies of different operators, students may be

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