The Sunday Splash: Calls for Change in The Law Over Business Rates for Private Student Accommodation in Glasgow

Community Councillors Call for Urgent Legislative Reform as Private Student Accommodation Providers Escape Business Rates Amid Growing Financial Struggles

EXCLUSIVE by Gary Fanning

Glasgow’s private student accommodation sector is thriving, yet these properties remain exempt from business rates, a legal loophole that critics say deepens the city’s financial crisis.

Now Community councillors in Glasgow are demanding urgent legislative reform, arguing that private student accommodation providers, exempt from business rates, are deepening the city’s financial struggles despite booming profits.