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Hundreds of new family homes for rent look set to be built across Scotland, thanks to a partnership deal struck between two property companies to target five cities – Dundee, Edinburgh, Inverness, Perth and Stirling.

The Mayor of London wants the private sector in the capital to provide open-ended tenancies. He also wants to establish a system to control rents.

Developer Vastint Hospitality has lodged plans with the city council for the second phase of its ambitious mixed-use redevelopment of Edinburgh’s old Fountainbridge Brewery site.

Housing and homelessness minister Heather Wheeler has pledged to ensure that people who are renting live in safe and good-quality properties as she set out the government’s plans to crack down on rogue landlords in England.