Rented sector reform: landlord and tenant engagement questionnaire - analysis report

Footnotes

1. This group includes representatives from the PRS, tenant unions, the housing sector and the third sector.

2. Although the Scottish Government did not issue a general public invitation to provide further comments, a number of stakeholders used the email address connected to the questionnaire to make a written submission. These email submissions have been analysed and reported on separately.

3. Respondents were not required to provide any identifying biographical information to accompany their response. This means it is not possible to carry out any checks for multiple responses being submitted. Two responses were removed because they had no content.

4. This group includes representatives from the PRS, tenant unions, the housing sector and the third sector.

5. Tenants renting from a private landlord, with a tenancy that began on or after 1 December 2017, will have a private residential tenancy. If their tenancy began before 1 December 2017 but on or after 2 January 1989, they will have either a short assured tenancy or an assured tenancy. If they rent from a private landlord and their tenancy began before 2 January 1989 they will usually have a regulated tenancy.

If they rent from a social landlord (e.g. local authority or housing association) they will have either a Scottish Secure Tenancy or Short Scottish Secure Tenancy agreement.

6. Some of those in the ‘None of the above’ and ‘None selected’ groups also answered this question, suggesting that at least a proportion of those in these groups may be tenants.

7. This may be connected with Living Rent having taken a neutral position on options (c) and (d).

8. Given the overall pattern of responses, which was very much in line with that of Living Rent, it may be that some or many respondents were aware of the response being submitted by Living Rent.

9. Please note that while Questions 33 and 34 asked respondents to rank seven factors, for Questions 35 and 36 this was reduced to six (neither landlords nor tenants being impacted financially by use of unclaimed deposits).