Private rented sector - rent increase frequency: equality impact assessment
Equality impact assessment (EQIA) results for frequency of rent increases in the private rented sector.
Footnotes
1. Housing to 2040 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
3. Delivering our National Missions - Programme for Government 2023 to 2024 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
4. Research_Report-_Survey_of_Private_Landlords_-_Shelter_England.pdf (ctfassets.net)
5. Understanding Landlords (strategicsociety.org.uk)
6. English Private Landlord Survey 2021: main report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
7. Ethnic group, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) Note that this comparison has not been tested for statistical significance
8. 44% in social rented households and 34% in private rented households, compared to 8% in households buying with a mortgage and 14% in households who own outright were found to be in relative poverty (below 60% of UK median income after housing costs). Source: Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot)
9. 44% in social rented households and 34% in private rented households are, compared to 8% in households buying with a mortgage and 14% in households who own outright. The latest available figures across the period 2019 to 2022, on an after housing costs basis, and are sourced from Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland Tables
10. 63% of social rented households and 40% of private rented households in Scotland are categorised as financially vulnerable, compared with 24% of households buying with a mortgage and 9% of households owning outright. Financial vulnerability is defined as households with savings which would cover less than one month of income at the poverty line. Data covers the 2018 to 2020 and is sourced from Scottish Government Statistical publication on Wealth in Scotland 2006-2020)
11. From YouGov online polling for Scottish Government; fieldwork: 5-7 March 2024; sample of c.1000 adults 18+ across Scotland each wave; weighted to be fully representative demographically and geographically. Data tables for all adults can be found here: Public attitudes to cost of living and other topics: tracker - data tables
12. This was part of a prompted list of potential concerns in the next 2-3 months
14. Supporting documents - Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
16. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23
17. SPF Report on future of Scotland's Residential Rental Market (scottishpropertyfederation.org.uk)
18. RentBetter Baseline Full Reports | Rent Better (indigohousegroup.com)
20. Supporting documents - Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2022 - 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.
21. 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)
22. Supporting documents - Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2022 - 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.
23. 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) and underlying data tables can be found here: Download data.
25. Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2022 - 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.
26. Scotland’s Gender Equality Index 2023 (data.gov.scot)
27. See footnote 26
28. See footnote 26
29. 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.
30. Wealth in Scotland 2006-2020 (data.gov.scot)
31. 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.
33. 39% of men compared to 47% of women surveyed
35. Additional child poverty analysis 2024 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
37. "I didn’t feel safe being my full self" - the LGBTQ+ experience of renting (generationrent.org)
38. Equality-Network-Consultation-Response-A-Human-Rights-Bill-for-Scotland-4th-October-2023-.pdf
39. National LGBT Survey: Research report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
40. Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2019 (Last updated: January 2021)
41. Inclusive Participation in Rural Scotland: A Preliminary Exploration (www.gov.scot)
42. 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.
43. Scottish Government, Housing statistics: Stock by tenure. Figures are estimated stock as at March 2022. In the Financial Memorandum, the number of private rented households is rounded to 340,000 when used in costings.
44. Supporting documents - Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2022 - 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.
45. includes ‘White: Irish’, ‘White: Gypsy/Traveller’, 'Roma', 'Showman/Showwoman' and ‘White: Other White Ethnic Group’
46. 'Asian' includes the categories Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British
47. ‘All other ethnic groups' includes categories within the 'Mixed or Multiple Ethnic Group', ‘African’, ‘Caribbean or Black’ and ‘Other Ethnic Group’ sections
48. The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: An Analytical Report (www.gov.scot) p.42
49. According to Census 2011 data
50. Scottish Government (2020). Poverty and income inequality in Scotland 2016-19 and https://www.gov.scot/publications/additional-poverty-statistics-2018/
51. Ethnicity and Housing in Scotland, Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights, July 2020
52. Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: Evidence review (www.gov.scot), January 2021
53. Scottish Government, Poverty and Child Poverty Data for Download
54. RentBetter Baseline Full Reports | Rent Better (indigohousegroup.com)
55. RentBetter Baseline Full Reports | Rent Better (indigohousegroup.com)
56. Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) p31
57. Minoritised ethnic access to social housing in Scotland at key transition points - Shelter Scotland
58. 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.
59. Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
60. Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
61. Housing needs of minority ethnic groups: evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Wave-2-Tenant-qualitative-AE030522-for-publication.pdf (indigohousegroup.com)
62. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23
63. Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill: equalities impact assessment
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