- Nearly a tenth of respondents feel generally unsupportive of the scheme/ feel additional licensing is not necessary
- 5% of respondents feel generally supportive of the scheme/ feel additional licensing is necessary, and a further 5% suggest improvements for the scheme
Further comments
Summary
Responses for ‘Please provide any further comments you have about the proposed Additional Licensing Scheme'
Base: Total sample (892)
This table shows the most common themes around further comments respondents made about the proposed Additional Licensing Scheme:
8% of respondents feel generally unsupportive of the scheme/ additional licensing is not necessary
5% of respondents feel generally supportive of the scheme/ additional licensing is necessary
5% of respondents give a suggested improvement for the scheme
4% of respondents feel concerned over the additional cost of the scheme to landlords
3% of respondents raise parking issues
2% of respondents feel it should target ‘rogue’ landlords
2% of respondents feel focus should be on standards of current HMOs and regulations instead
2% of respondents feel there are too many HMOs in Portsmouth
1% of respondents feel it adds unnecessary/ unreasonable regulations for landlords
6% of respondents give other comments
69% of respondents give no further comment
| wdt_ID | Responses (showing key themes) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Generally unsupportive of the scheme/ additional licensing is not necessary | 8 |
| 2 | Generally supportive of the scheme/ additional licensing is necessary | 5 |
| 3 | Suggested improvement for the scheme | 5 |
| 4 | Concern over additional cost of the scheme to landlords | 4 |
| 5 | Parking issues | 3 |
| 6 | Should target 'rogue' landlords | 2 |
| 7 | Focus should be on standards of current HMOs and regulations instead | 2 |
| 8 | Too many HMOs in Portsmouth | 2 |
| 9 | Adds unnecessary/ unreasonable regulations for landlords | 1 |
| 10 | Other | 6 |
| 11 | No comment | 69 |
