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The Scottish GovernmentRiaghaltas na h-Alba
Housing Statistics
Claire BoagUrsula 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• 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)
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 separatelyResults (@ March 2007)- Very sheltered increased from 700 in 1996 to 4800 in 2007- sheltered accommodation steady at between 33k & 35k
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 2006-07Evictions (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 dwellingsHousing Lists- tables show changes in waiting and transfer lists each year- tables contain duplication and CHRs cause difficulty in interpretationVacant 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 grantsQuarterly 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!
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)
New Build Trend
New housing in Scotland since 1920
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5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
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Public sector &housing association
Private sector
Greenfield / brownfield completions
Greenfield / brownfield completions
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Greenfield/Brownfield status known
% greenfield completions
New build geographies
Proportion of private completions with grid references
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
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1996
1997
1998
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2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
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
Sales of public sector housing
Sales to sitting tenants of local authority, New Town and Scottish Homes stock
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5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007
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Flat House
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
Example of private landlord registration data
Registered properties by landlord type
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000
Eilean Siar
Highland
Orkney
ShetlandCompany
Charity
Individual964
6937
395
365
Private landlord registration vs SHS
Size of private rented sector
2.8%
6.4%
9.8%
3.5%
7.1%
4.9%
6.9%7.8%
6.7%7.5%
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
Eilean Siar Highland Orkney Shetland Scotland
Registered properties as proportion of GROS dwelling counts
PRS household proportion (2005&06 SHS data)
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)
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
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…
Contacts
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
