Locating flat-roof non-standard dwellings in Scotland: FOI release

Information requested

I am looking for some assistance in locating flat roof non standard dwellings in Scotland.

Are you able to assist as to which Housing Association or Local Authority the majority of them fall under or point me in the direction of someone who may be able to assist? 

Response

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.

This analysis contained within the separate attachment shows the estimate number of traditional buildings with a flat roof owned by Housing Associations or the Local Authority broken down by Local Authority region. These statistics are based on the Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS), a national survey of the housing stock using a three year pooled dataset from 2017-2019. As the SHCS is a sample survey, all survey figures are estimates of the true prevalence within the population and will contain some error associated with sampling variability. While the SHCS covers all types of households and dwellings across the country, there is not a defined “traditional/non-traditional” category in the survey form. However, using information collected on external walls, a traditionally built dwelling has been defined here when the external wall is a cavity or solid wall, and is constructed from any of: bricks, stone or blocks. Information on cement is not collected. A non-traditionally built dwelling is any building which does not meet these criteria.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government is unable to provide all the information you have requested. This is due to the low prevalence of socially rented flat roofed traditional buildings in SHCS, meaning we are unable to report on this for Local Authorities where either the base case was too small (below 30 cases) or the estimate represents two or fewer sampled households. The SHCS records information on the tenure of dwellings broken down into Owner Occupied, Private Rented, Local Authority Rental, and Housing Association. It does not record information on who owns the dwelling beyond this, therefore we are unable to provide data on individual Housing Associations.

You may wish to contact individual Local Authorities or Housing Associations, who might be able to provide you with more detail on plans they have for upgrading their housing stock. Local authorities have a statutory duty under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 to keep houses they let in a good state of repair and fit for human habitation, and to carry out any repairs needed to meet this duty within a reasonable time of becoming aware of them. Under the Scottish Social Housing Charter, landlords should provide their tenants with information about their plans for maintaining their property and complying with housing standards.

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