- Just under three quarters of the total sample (72%) and tenants in a non-licensed HMO (74%) ‘slightly’ or ‘strongly agree’ that licensing will help to drive up housing standards in properties where there is poor management, need for repairs, amenity and safety issues
- Over three quarters of local residents neighbouring a HMO ‘slightly’ or ‘strongly agree’ that licensing will help to meet this aim (79.5%)
- Over half of HMO landlords (53%) ‘slightly’ or ‘strongly disagree’ that licensing will help to meet this aim
Aim 3: Feelings about the aim
Summary
To what extent do you agree or disagree that licensing will help to meet the following objective:
To drive up housing standards in properties where there is poor management, need for repairs, amenity and safety issues?
Base: Total sample (936) | Local resident neighbouring a HMO (394) | Tenant in a non-licensed HMO (104) | HMO landlord (101)
This chart shows that:
Of the total sample, 55% ‘strongly agree’, 17% ‘slightly agree’, 11% ‘neither agree nor disagree’, 5% ‘slightly disagree’, and 12% ‘strongly disagree’ that the licensing will help to meet Aim 3
Of local residents neighbouring a HMO, 60.5% ‘strongly agree’, 19% ‘slightly agree’, 9.5% ‘neither agree nor disagree’, 4% ‘slightly disagree’, and 7% ‘strongly disagree’ that the licensing will help to meet Aim 3
Of tenants in a non-licenced HMO, 53% ‘strongly agree’, 21% ‘slightly agree’, 14% ‘neither agree nor disagree’, 5% ‘slightly disagree’, and 7% ‘strongly disagree’ that the licensing will help to meet Aim 3
Of HMO landlords, 17% ‘strongly agree’, 12% ‘slightly agree’, 18.5% ‘neither agree nor disagree’, 16% ‘slightly disagree’, and 36.5% ‘strongly disagree’ that the licensing will help to meet Aim 3
