Scottish Household Survey Key Findings

16 Household Tenure 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 1999 32% 61% 62% 24% 14% 5% 2009 2019 OWNER OCCUPIERS SOCIAL RENT PRIVATE RENT Home ownership was the most common form of tenure in Scotland. The proportion of owner-occupier had increased from 61% in 1999 to 66% in 2009, after which it dropped to 62% in 2019. The proportion of households in the social rented sector had stabilised in the previous decade. The end of the Right to Buy policy and efforts by the Scottish Government to promote affordable housing contributed to stabilising the social rented sector. The proportion of households in the private rented sector had increased since 1999, from 5% to 15% of all households in 2016, after which it fell slightly to 14% in 2019. Among owner occupiers, an increasing number of households owned their property outright rather than with a loan Outright ownership increases with age and is the tenure of 66% of households where the highest income earner is 60 or over Housing Help Shape Scotland