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In @Edinburgh_CC we've fewer than 2k full-time licenced self-catering units, yet they're being hounded & closed by a council machine which allows an unsafe black market to blossom unpoliced as desperate performers & familes seek a place to stay. #SaveSC @EdFringeSociety @ASSCnews
@timminchin The causes of unaffordable performer accommodation in Edinburgh sit at the door of flawed @scotgov legislation & a short-sighted @Edinburgh_CC that does not appear to care its action s have made the city less safe & less affordable than ever. #SaveSC @ASSCnews
The cause of unaffordable festival digs is the cack-handed efforts of @scotgov & @Edinburgh_CC that has reduced supply to performers & visitors alike. Council's scapegoating <2k self-catering units & axing them at every opportunity. /1 https://t.co/A41ugI0OGZ #SaveSC @ASSCnews
@scotgov @Edinburgh_CC @ASSCnews @timminchin Perhaps worst of all is the explosion in unlicensed & unsafe black market accommodation that is a disaster waiting to happen. Licensing was supposed to protect visitors but it has so far done the opposite. #SaveSC @ASSCnews /4
@scotgov @Edinburgh_CC @ASSCnews Hotels during festival are just not suitable for performers or families. There is a genuine need & requirement for diverse accommodation & the short-sighted actions of @edinburgh_CC has made a tough situation far worse for our festivals. /3 #SaveSC @timminchin
The cause of unaffordable festival digs is the cack-handed efforts of @scotgov & @Edinburgh_CC that has reduced supply to performers & visitors alike. Council's scapegoating <2k self-catering units & axing them at every opportunity. /1 https://t.co/A41ugI0OGZ #SaveSC @ASSCnews
Hopefully @StephenFlynnSNP will show reason and engage with @ASSCnews to achieve some balance with STL licensing. The double-standards are outrageous and unfair to responsible, local self-catered accommodation owners. Please start with @Edinburgh_CC ! #SaveSC
@Edinburgh_CC now officially Europe's most expensive destination & that's BEFORE the 'visitor levy' kicks in. #SaveSC @ASSCnews https://t.co/0qCqj0B2Nl
Edinburgh councillors agree penalties of up to nearly £50k for visitor levy breaches
https://t.co/H4pktWXBIe
What is killing communities is housing affordability & availability. Self catering makes up less than 1% of all Scotland's housing. Second homes are much larger. Airbnb is a symptom not the cause. We need affordable housing not scapegoats. #SaveSC
MYTH: Holiday lets are stealing homes
FACT: Self-catering in Scotland is just 0.8 percent of all housing
MYTH: Holiday cottages cause a housing crisis
FACT: Scotland has over 140,000 empty or 2nd homes, while self-catering supports 30,000 jobs and nearly £1Bn revenues. #SaveSC
Myths and Facts
She read aloud:
MYTH: “Holiday lets are stealing homes.”
FACT: Self-catering in Scotland is just 0.8 percent of housing.
MYTH: “Holiday cottages cause the housing crisis.”
FACT: Scotland has over 140,000 empty or second homes, while self-catering supports 30,000 jobs and nearly £1 billion for the economy.
MYTH: “Tourism damages communities.”
FACT: Self-catering has always been part of communities - supporting shops, trades, pubs, attractions and activity providers.
Tam’s eyes widened. “That’s a very different story.”
Read on: https://t.co/6pJxTKtOfW
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This is a direct product of @scotgov & @Edinburgh_CC policy that is axing local self-catering driving up prices. At the same time we've a booming black market of unlicenced & unsafe spaces brazenly sold on social media. #SaveSC https://t.co/0qCqj0B2Nl
@cmcalister5 @ASSCnews @FionaCampbell74 @HighlandCouncil @st_alliance @JohnSwinney This just shows ignorance of facts. S/C brings employment. Closed down self-catering becomes a 2nd home to a wealthy owner & economically inactive. It will not become an affordable home. Those need to be built but politicians need scapegoats for years of policy failure. #SaveSC
What's at stake here is ensuring that local voices of real local people are heard & listened to. This is not progressive or green tourism. Small & sympathetic accommodation is beautiful. Protect it. Enough is enough. #SaveSC
Residents join forces to oppose hotel conversions of historic Edinburgh homes https://t.co/jYsuhgUymN
@thecockburn What's at stake here is ensuring that local voices of real local people are heard & listened to. This is not progressive or green tourism. Small & sympathetic accommodation is beautiful. Protect it. Enough is enough. #SaveSC
Misguided activists like @PLACEEdinburgh have
helped shutdown of small local businesses... enabling the expansion of aparthotels and hotels across the city... often funded by offshore global groups from the Gulf and Israel.
Take responsibility for the mess you have supported.
There was no black market until poorly introduced legislation in 2022 created the conditions for a blossoming of less safe & now clearly illegal venues that go totally unpoliced by authorities that lack the resources, instead axing licensed premises to be seen to 'act'. #SaveSC
More uninformed nonsense ... #SaveSC
It is important to recognise that the short-term let provision was always a black market as so many operated outside the law in Edinburgh.
@PLACEEdinburgh There was no black market until poorly introduced legislation in 2022 created the conditions for a blossoming of less safe & now clearly illegal venues that go totally unpoliced by authorities that lack the resources, instead axing licensed premises to be seen to 'act'. #SaveSC
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