I will reply in more detail once I have finished work , might even do a separate post since it will change things for a lot of renters . Essentially they are bringing an end to no fault evictions , Short Assured and Assured tenancies will be no more . There will be no contractual period tenancies . Landlords can ' t say here ' s a 6 month lease and turf you out at the end of that term . They cannot evict you unless you fuck up or the landlord wants to live in the property there is other criteria but most of it won ' t apply to normal renters . Landlords will have to give 12 weeks notice before raising eviction proceedings as well . The Private Housing Tenancies Scotland Act 2016 is the legislation , don ' t think there is a commencement date but looking like Autumn next year .