Capping of rent increases on referral or appeal: equality impact assessment results

Footnotes

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2. Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (legislation.gov.uk)

3. Housing to 2040 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4. Supporting documents - A New Deal for Tenants - draft strategy: consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

5. Delivering our National Missions - Programme for Government 2023 to 2024 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6. Introduced | Scottish Parliament Website

7. A New Deal for Tenants: consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8. Research_Report-_Survey_of_Private_Landlords_-_Shelter_England.pdf (ctfassets.net)

9. Understanding Landlords (strategicsociety.org.uk)

10. English Private Landlord Survey 2021: main report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

11. Ethnicity and National Identity in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion variables Census 2021 - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) Please note that this comparison has not been tested for statistical significance

12. Housing statistics: Stock by tenure

13. Supporting documents - Scottish Household Survey 2022: Key Findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) There is evidence to suggest that social rented and private rented households may be slightly under-represented in the 2022 achieved sample. Users should take this into account when interpreting totals aggregated across all housing tenure groups.

14. Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2022

15. See footnote 14

16. ‘Generation rent’ and the ability to ‘settle down’: economic and geographical variation in young people’s housing transitions: Journal of Youth Studies: Vol 20 , No 1 - Get Access (tandfonline.com)

17. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot)

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19. Poverty and income inequality statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

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22. See footnote 14

23. Online survey carried out by YouGov in June 2023 with a Scottish sample of 373 older adults living in the PRS (a subsample of a UK sample totalling 2177) found in Homing in, How to improve the lives of older renters in Scotland (independentage.org)

24. Characteristics of the homeless population - Homelessness in Scotland: 2022-23 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

25. See footnote 14

26. The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: An Analytical Report (www.gov.scot) p48. The analytical paper as published contains references to hyperlinks which no longer exist. However, underlying data available is summarised in this report Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot).

27. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot)

28. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot)

29. Living in Scotland’s Private Rented Sector: A Bespoke Survey of Renters’ experiences – September 2022

30. Supporting documents - Scottish Household Survey 2021 - telephone survey: key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

31. Findings | Rent Better (indigohousegroup.com)

32. See footnote 14

33. Scotland’s Gender Equality Index 2023 (data.gov.scot)

34. See footnote 14

35. See footnote 14

36. The low-income indicator measures the proportion of adults with an income below 60% of the UK median income, after equivalising for dependent children living with them. Due to limitations of the available data, we have assumed that costs related to dependent children are shared proportionate to individual income within a family. This indicator uses income before housing costs to avoid needing to make assumptions about how housing costs are split within a couple.

37. Wealth in Scotland 2006-2020 (data.gov.scot)

38. In 2018-2020, 70% of households with a male household head owned property, whereas only 59% of households with a female household head did. This gap was consistent over time.

39. Living in Scotland’s Private Rented Sector: A Bespoke Survey of Renters’ experiences – September 2022

40. 39% of men compared to 47% of women surveyed

41. Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill: equalities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

42. Additional child poverty analysis 2024 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

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44. Stonewall | LGBT in Britain - Trans Report (2017)

45. "I didn’t feel safe being my full self" - the LGBTQ+ experience of renting (generationrent.org)

46. Equality-Network-Consultation-Response-A-Human-Rights-Bill-for-Scotland-4th-October-2023-.pdf

47. National LGBT Survey: Research report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

48. Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2019 (Last updated: January 2021)

49. Inclusive Participation in Rural Scotland: A Preliminary Exploration (www.gov.scot)

50. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 - Equality analysis 21% of adults who did not answer the question about sexual orientation also reported being in relative poverty after housing costs.

51. See footnote 14

52. The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: An Analytical Report (www.gov.scot) p.42

53. According to Census 2011 data

54. Scottish Government (2020). Poverty and income inequality in Scotland 2016-19 and Additional poverty analysis 2018 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

55. Ethnicity and Housing in Scotland, Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights, July 2020

56. According to Census 2011 data

57. ‘Generation rent’ and the ability to ‘settle down’: economic and geographical variation in young people’s housing transitions: Journal of Youth Studies: Vol 20 , No 1 - Get Access (tandfonline.com)

58. Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: Evidence review (www.gov.scot), January 2021

59. Scottish Government, Poverty and Child Poverty Data for Download

60. RentBetter Baseline Full Reports | Rent Better (indigohousegroup.com)

61. RentBetter Baseline Full Reports | Rent Better (indigohousegroup.com)

62. Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) p31

63. The Urban Institute – Leading and sharing thinking in Urban Planning, Real Estate, and Urban Design. (hw.ac.uk)

64. Minoritised ethnic access to social housing in Scotland at key transition points - Shelter Scotland

65. Supporting documents - Scottish Household Survey 2022: Key Findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) There is evidence to suggest that social rented and private rented households may be slightly under-represented in the 2022 achieved sample. Users should take this into account when interpreting totals aggregated across all housing tenure groups.

66. Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

67. Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

68. Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Wave-2-Tenant-qualitative-AE030522-for-publication.pdf (indigohousegroup.com)

69. See footnote 14

70. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot)