Steve Wilcox, Tony O'Sullivan and Gillian Young
ISBN 978 0 7559 6792 6 (Web only publication)
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CONTENTS
SCHEDULE OF FIGURES AND TABLES
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 SOCIAL SECTOR RENTS AND SERVICE CHARGES IN SCOTLAND
Introduction
Local Authority rent levels
Housing Association rent levels
Local authority rent setting systems
Service charges
House prices
Earnings
Contrasting differentials
Affordability
Comparing mortgage costs and rents
Concluding remarks
CHAPTER 3 THE CASE STUDIES
CHAPTER 4 RENT POLICY OPTIONS FOR SOCIAL SECTOR RENTS
Introduction
2005/06 social sector rents
Alternative rent policies and exemplifications of alternative policies
Exemplificiation results
Affordability
Affordability and retired households
Implementation issues
Concluding comments
APPENDIX A: THE AFFORDABILITY MEASURES
Defining affordability for tenants
Limits of affordability
Rent to income ratios
The alternative ratio measures
Residual income measures
Housing benefit dependency
APPENDIX B: PENSIONER HOUSEHOLDS IN THE SCOTTISH SOCIAL RENTED SECTOR
Introduction
The characteristics of pensioner households in the social rented sector in Scotland
Levels of benefit allowances for pensioner households
Some implications for rent policy
APPENDIX C: SOCIAL SECTOR RENTS AND SERVICE CHARGES IN SCOTLAND
APPENDIX D: COMBINED BASELINE RENTS FOR THE SOCIAL RENTED SECTOR IN SCOTLAND 2005-06
APPENDIX E: POLICY OPTIONS FOR SOCIAL SECTOR RENTS
APPENDIX F: AFFORDABILITY ANALYSES
REFERENCES
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