Housing tenure | 12.4


Table 15. Stock and Households by Tenure Households


Eastwood Council


Social Landlord/ Other Affordable


Private (owned and rented)


Total


1,071 1,567


25,430 28,068 Source: East Renfrewshire Housing Management / Data Systems 2012


The East Renfrewshire area has around 37,000 dwellings of which two thirds (71.7 per cent) are located in the Eastwood sub area.


East Renfrewshire is distinctive due to its very high levels of owner occupation. 82 per cent compared to 62 per cent across Scotland. In Eastwood, levels of owner occupation are considerably higher at almost 90 per cent of all households. This presents considerable challenges for those seeking affordable housing in the local area. Some 6,530 dwellings are rented accommodation of which one third of these are private rented dwellings, with the remainder in the social rented sector. The Council has just over 3,000 houses for rent with more than half of these within the Levern Valley sub-area (65.2 per cent). The Barrhead settlement area also has the highest proportion of properties sold under Right to Buy legislation, around 1,600. The opportunities to access affordable housing in Levern Valley are much greater; however the current transport and other links between Levern Valley and Eastwood do not allow people to move between areas easily.


Table 16. Private Sector Rental Properties 2011-2016 Location


Newton Mearns Barrhead


Clarkston / Busby


Giffnock Eaglesham


Thornliebank Neilston


Uplawmoor Totals


Landlord Registration


2011 545


424 219


172 102 87 88 8


1645 1594


Number of Properties per area as at 30 March


2012 584


489 215


186 112 107 102 8


1803 1800


2013 668


562 271


218 126 124 115 9


2093 2140


Source: Housing registrations data held by Housing April 2016


Landlords were first required to be registered from 2006 in order to regulate private sector properties. At this time the Council estimated that there were around 900 private lets. This increased to 1,645 properties by 2011 and 2,407 properties as at April 2016. The additional regulation expected in 2016/17 could change the profile of the sector making private lets either easier or more difficult to let.


52 Planning for the Future of East Renfrewshire


2014 705


609 296


236 131 133 128 6


2244 2329


2015 667


639 352


237 146 148 129 11


2329 2442


2016 721


633 351


242 154 157 138 11


2407 2507


PRS % Change 2011 to 2016 Levern Valley East Renfrewshire


1,958 2,820


7,758 12,536


3,029 4,387


33,188 40,604 Eastwood


1,038 525


1,619 27,030


Dwellings Levern Valley East Renfrewshire


1,917 945


779 10,623


2,955 1,470


2,398 37,653


32% 49%


60% 41%


51% 80% 57% 38% 46% 57%


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