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The Scottish Government Riaghaltas na h-Alba

The Scottish Government Riaghaltas na h-Alba. Housing Statistics Claire Boag Ursula Mulholland Anne Allan. Outline. Summary of local authority returns New house building Sales of social housing Other data sources and development work Access to published data. Data sources – the returns.

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The Scottish Government Riaghaltas na h-Alba

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  1. The Scottish GovernmentRiaghaltas na h-Alba Housing Statistics Claire Boag Ursula Mulholland Anne Allan

  2. Outline • Summary of local authority returns • New house building • Sales of social housing • Other data sources and development work • Access to published data

  3. Data sources – the returns • 20 returns from local authorities covering wide range of housing topics, including: • New house building (NB1, NB2, AHIP data) • demolitions and conversions (Stock4) • Sales of social sector housing (Sales1 & Sales3, HA sales) • Local authority housing stock (Stock1) • Housing for older people and those with disabilities (S1B & HAs) • Management of local authority housing • Lettings • Evictions • Housing lists • Public sector vacant stock (Stock2) • Houses in multiple occupation (HMO) • Private sector housing improvement and repair grants • IMP1A, IMP1B, (IMP2, IMP3 & IMP5 under review) • Local Authority Housing Income & Expenditure (HRA) Lettings (of local authority stock only) - time series tables of vacancies and lettings - 30k permanent lettings in 2006-07 - proportion of lets to homeless households has risen from 12% in 1996-97 to 34% in 2006-07 Evictions (action against local authority tenants) - time series tables of cases proceeding to court, eviction orders, cases resulting in abandoned dwellings or eviction. - 6% of cases result in eviction. Approx 1000 evictions per year, and further 1000 cases result in abandoned dwellings Housing Lists - tables show changes in waiting and transfer lists each year - tables contain duplication and CHRs cause difficulty in interpretation Vacant local authority stock - time series tables by reason for vacancy and length of vacancy - 11k vacancies in 2007, of which 3200 is normal letting stock - Vacancies represent 1% of normal letting stock • Houses in Multiple Occupation • Time series of applications received, granted and licences in force @ 31 March • Summaries of types of licensed properties • Results • -8000 licenses in force in 2007 • -only 10 licences revoked • -less than 5% of applications refused Private sector housing improvement and repair grants Quarterly summary return – number of grants receiving final payment, and amount paid. Monthly case-based return – number of grants approved, amount approved and work type Results -around 12k grants approved in 2006-07, lower than previous years. -Total grants approved around £50m. -42% of grants were for adaptations for the disabled -2 grants for radon repairs! • Demolitions • -local authority time series tables of houses demolished, closed or taken out of housing use • -tenure split – LA and other • possible under-reporting of private demolitions • Conversions • local authority time series tables of net number of new dwellings created by conversion • No tenure split • Results • 3000 demolitions in 2006-07, 43% council housing • Approx 1700 new dwellings per year via conversion • Public sector housing stock • -local authority time series tables of stock by: • - type of property • - age of stock • - normal use of stock • - note:tables exclude housing association stock • Results (@ March 2007) • 44% houses, 18% tenements, 6% high rise • 3% pre-1919, 4% post-1982 • 95% normal letting stock, temp homeless < 1% • Special needs housing • Tables for both local authority and RSL property • Housing classified as: • Very sheltered • Sheltered • Medium dependency • Wheelchair adapted • Ambulant disabled • Clients assisted through Supporting People published separately • Results (@ March 2007) • - Very sheltered increased from 700 in 1996 to 4800 in 2007 • - sheltered accommodation steady at between 33k & 35k

  4. New build housing • Published figures derived from three sources: • Private new build (NB2 return) • Local authority new build (NB1 return) • Housing association new build (AHIP database) • Tables available at local authority level: • time series tables of starts and completions by sector (private, LA, HA) • Private starts and completions by whether greenfield/brownfield • Completion rates (per 1000 population or households)

  5. New Build Trend

  6. Greenfield / brownfield completions

  7. New build geographies

  8. Sales of social housing • SALES3 return – case-based return on sales to sitting tenants only: • Old terms right to buy • Modernised terms right to buy • Rent to Mortgage sales (now discontinued) • Voluntary sales (very few of these) • Variables include: • Postcode • Dwelling type (various types of houses/flats) • Number of rooms • Year of construction • Market and selling price (percentage discount) • Old or modernised terms • Dates – application, offer, final outcome • Published tables many and varied – at local authority level • Datazone counts available on SNS

  9. Sales of public sector housing

  10. Private Landlord Registration • Will fill a big gap in our knowledge of tenure in Scotland • Extract obtained July 2008 • Aim to publish data on SNS at datazone level Some results: • 173k properties registered at July 2008, by 108k landlords • 75% of landlords own 1 property but between them they own just 35% of registered properties • The 2% of landlords with the largest portfolios own 28% of the property • 95% of landlords operate solely within one local authority, and only 0.3% operate in 4 or more LAs

  11. Example of private landlord registration data 365

  12. Private landlord registration vs SHS

  13. Rent Registration Data • The rent registration tables contain information on three types of case: • Housing Benefit referrals • Pre-tenancy determinations • Fair (registered) rent cases • Future uncertain since introduction of LHA • Data is postcoded so can be made available for various geographies • In the future – access to Market Evidence Database (used by Rent Officers to calculate local reference rent and local housing allowance)

  14. Access to housing statistics • All local authority level information is available via the Housing Statistics for Scotland web pages: • http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS • Quarterly updates of web tables • generally last Tuesday in November, February, May and August • Summary report of key trends each November • http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/19093720/1 • Next update - 25th November

  15. What we’d like from you • Feedback on our published tables on the website: • Is there anything we’re missing? • Are the tables too complicated? • Is there enough guidance? • Is the site easy to navigate around? • Anything else…

  16. Contacts Email housingstatistics@scotland.gsi.gov.uk, or Telephone: 0131 244 7234 Fax: 0131 244 0446 Post: Communities Analytical Services (Housing Statistics) Area 1-F Dockside Scottish Government Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ

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