Affordability has long been a slippery word in housing circles. Thirty-years back when it first became vogue, following the introduction of private funding into housing association development finance, the affordability threshold was unofficially set at 25% of...

I pose the question because the RentBetter Wave 2 findings show that a key component the Scottish Government’s recent ground-breaking private tenancies reform has passed most tenants by. The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 set out to enhance the...

Accessing housing justice: I fought the law, and the law won The Scottish Government’s ambitions for private tenancy reform were to ‘improve security, stability and predictability for tenants and provide safeguards for landlords, lenders and investors’. Core to...

Rents and affordability: I still haven’t found what I’m looking for Another key finding from our on-going evaluation of Scotland’s private rented sector was that rents do not generally rise over the tenancy period. The Rent Better research, funded by the Nationwide...

Bridget Young the Nationwide Foundation Programme Manager introduces the RentBetter 2019/20 baseline findings.

A key finding from our on-going evaluation of Scotland’s private rented sector, is that change happens very slowly. The Rent Better research, funded by the Nationwide Foundation, evaluates the impact of the recent changes brought about by the Private Housing...

The Nationwide Foundation has commissioned a three-year study that will learn from the experiences of households living in and landlords operating in the private rented sector in Scotland. The learning will help to shape further changes needed to support the Scottish...