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...
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RentBetter: Luke’s story
Douglas Robertson Blog 4 – If you don’t know your rights, do you have them?
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...
Douglas Robertson Blog 3 – Accessing housing justice: I fought the law, and the law won
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...
Douglas Robertson Blog 2 – I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
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...
Baseline introduction from the Nationwide Foundation
Bridget Young the Nationwide Foundation Programme Manager introduces the RentBetter 2019/20 baseline findings.
Douglas Robertson Blog – Tenancy change impacts: You don’t always get what you want (quickly)
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...
New study of the Scottish private rented sector
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...