Overview of private rented housing reforms in Scotland

Author: Professor Kenneth Gibb, Dr Mark Livingston; Kate Berry

PDF Published: Tuesday 14 May 2019 (SB 19-29)

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- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Context - growth and change in private renting
  - Why has private renting grown?
  - Will the growth in the PRS continue?
  - Analysing private rented housing - complexity, interdependency and housing systems
- Policy Reforms
  - Direct policy reforms - context
  - Scottish Policy Reform
  - Policy instruments - build to rent opportunities
  - Indirect Policy Reforms
  - Tenancy and Wider Policy Reform
  - Rent Regulation Debate
  - Debates about regulatory reform
- Concluding remarks
- Annex 1: Relevant Scottish PRS legislation
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Image: Figure 1: Tenure in Scotland, 1999-2017

Image: Figure 2: Changes in proportion of each household type by tenure

Image: Figure 3: Percentage of children in different tenures

Image: Figure 4: A range of reasons have contributed to the growth of private rented housing

Image: Figure 5: The PRS is composed of a number of sub-markets

Image: Scottish Policy Reform

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