{"id":"2026-oct-nordic-scotland-private-rented-mees-tenant-research-2026","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-nordic-scotland-private-rented-mees-tenant-research-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-private-rented-mees-tenant-research-2026","language":"en","title":"Scottish tenant research explores proposed rental-home efficiency rules","summary":"The qualitative study involved 36 tenants and is not a representative survey.","body":["The Scottish Government published research on 6 October about tenants’ views of a proposed minimum energy-efficiency standard for private rented homes. The work formed part of wider consultation on the planned standard.","Researchers used focus groups and interviews with 36 tenants. Participants discussed keeping homes warm, energy bills and possible effects of efficiency requirements on rented housing.","The report offers qualitative evidence about the experiences and views of those participants. Its small, non-random sample cannot establish how common those views are among all tenants in Scotland.","The work concerns proposals under discussion, not a standard already brought into force. Its role is to inform policy development by adding tenant perspectives to the consultation record. The publication is evidence about those interviews, not a quantitative estimate of tenant opinion across the country."],"keyPoints":["The Scottish Government published research on 6 October about tenants’ views of a proposed minimum energy-efficiency standard for private rented homes. The work formed part of wider consultation on the planned standard.","Researchers used focus groups and interviews with 36 tenants. Participants discussed keeping homes warm, energy bills and possible effects of efficiency requirements on rented housing.","The report offers qualitative evidence about the experiences and views of those participants. Its small, non-random sample cannot establish how common those views are among all tenants in Scotland."],"sections":[],"text":"Scottish tenant research explores proposed rental-home efficiency rules\n\nThe qualitative study involved 36 tenants and is not a representative survey.\n\nThe Scottish Government published research on 6 October about tenants’ views of a proposed minimum energy-efficiency standard for private rented homes. The work formed part of wider consultation on the planned standard.\n\nResearchers used focus groups and interviews with 36 tenants. Participants discussed keeping homes warm, energy bills and possible effects of efficiency requirements on rented housing.\n\nThe report offers qualitative evidence about the experiences and views of those participants. Its small, non-random sample cannot establish how common those views are among all tenants in Scotland.\n\nThe Scottish Government published research on 6 October about tenants’ views of a proposed minimum energy-efficiency standard for private rented homes. The work formed part of wider consultation on the planned standard.\n\nResearchers used focus groups and interviews with 36 tenants. Participants discussed keeping homes warm, energy bills and possible effects of efficiency requirements on rented housing.\n\nThe report offers qualitative evidence about the experiences and views of those participants. Its small, non-random sample cannot establish how common those views are among all tenants in Scotland.\n\nThe work concerns proposals under discussion, not a standard already brought into force. Its role is to inform policy development by adding tenant perspectives to the consultation record. The publication is evidence about those interviews, not a quantitative estimate of tenant opinion across the country.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["power","statistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-06","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T21:52:15Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-11T23:59:17Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-06","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.gov.scot/publications/tenant-engagement-research-report-prs-mees-regs/","name":"Scottish Government (gov.scot)","licence":"Open Government Licence v3.0 (Crown copyright material; exceptions apply)","checkedAt":"2026-10-09","licenseUrl":"https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/","attribution":"© Crown copyright, Scottish Government; gov.scot content under OGL v3.0 except graphic assets and where otherwise stated","publishedAt":"2026-10-06"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-private-rented-mees-tenant-research-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-private-rented-mees-tenant-research-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-private-rented-mees-tenant-research-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-private-rented-mees-tenant-research-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-private-rented-mees-tenant-research-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-private-rented-mees-tenant-research-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-private-rented-mees-tenant-research-2026"},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-11T23:59:17Z","language":"en","text":"Completed full translations and corrected localized terminology and explanatory labels to preserve all original details."}],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"GB","subdivisionCode":"GB-SCT"}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":null}}