Rented sector reform: landlord and tenant engagement questionnaire - analysis of email responses

Landlord and Tenant Engagement Questionnaire

The Scottish Government’s Landlord and Tenant Questionnaire opened on 29 September and closed on 27 October. It asked 36 closed questions, seeking respondents’ views on a range of issues, including rent controls, ending joint tenancies, flexibility to personalise a home, keeping pets and greater protections during the evictions process. A total of 6,650 responses were available for analysis. The Scottish Government also held two discussion groups, one with the PRS Stakeholder Engagement Group^[1] and the other with members of Propertymark (a membership body for property agents).

The Landlord and Tenant Engagement Questionnaire analysis report sets out a question-by-question analysis of responses to the questionnaire, which asked closed questions only. This was raised as a concern by some of those attending the stakeholder discussion groups and was also raised in a number of the email submissions received.