9 June 2005 - Research Into The Single Room Rent Regulations
The findings of a research study, which looked at the impact of the July 2001 changes to the Single Room Rent Regulations, are published today.
The report covers three main areas; the various ways in which the SRR regulations affect claimants and the choices they make about their accommodation, the effects that the July 2001 regulations have had on shortfalls between contractual and determined rents and how the July 2001 regulations have influenced landlord behaviour and letting strategies.
The research had three main strands; interviews with national stakeholders, national level data on access to accommodation, rent levels and shortfalls and a number of case studies in local authority areas involving claimants, landlords, HB administrators, Housing Strategy Officers, Advisers and Rent Officers.
Most of those involved in the research thought that there had been very little impact from the July 2001 changes to the SRR regulations and had concerns about the way the SRR policy impacted on young people on benefits access to private rented sector accommodation and the type of accommodation covered by the SRR.
Notes for editors
- Research into the Single Room Rent Regulations is published on 9 June 2005 in the Department for Work & Pensions Research Series (Report number 243). A copy of the report can be downloaded from the DWP website: www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/
- The research was carried out for the Department by IRIS Consulting
in association with Dundee University. It involved:
- Interviews with key stakeholder organisations
- A review of existing research and data sources
- Case studies in eight local authority areas which included interviews with HB administrators, claimants, landlords/letting agents, Housing Strategy Officers, advice agencies and Rent Officers.
- Drawing up at national level information on access to accommodation, rent levels and shortfalls.
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