Housing conditions and standards

Author: Kate Berry

PDF Published: Wednesday 29 May 2019 (SB 19-31)

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- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Scottish House Condition Survey
  - Key SHCS Findings from 2017
  - Variations in housing conditions
- Housing standards overview
- The Tolerable Standard
  - Future Changes to the Tolerable Standard
- Private rented housing - the Repairing Standard
  - Enforcing the Repairing Standard
  - Future changes to the Repairing Standard
  - Future private rented housing energy efficiency standards
- Social Housing Standards - Scottish Housing Quality Standard
  - Social Housing - Scottish Housing Quality Standard
  - Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing
- Owner occupied housing
- Local authority powers to address poor house conditions
- Sources of support for improving housing conditions in private housing
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Image: Figure 1: Rates of disrepair by category 2012 and 2017

Image: Figure 2: Overview of housing standards

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Image: Figure 1: Rates of disrepair by category 2012 and 2017

Image: Figure 2: Overview of housing standards

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