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Purpose built student accommodation: notice to leave tenancy: provider survey
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Questions
1. Are you responding for:
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Privately owned PBSA
University/college halls of residence
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2. Do your tenancy agreements provide for students to leave before they end?
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Yes, for specific reasons
Yes, no reasons required
No
3(a). If you answered "yes, for specific reasons", for what reasons can students leave the tenancy agreement early?
Leaving university / college before course completion
Left university / college after completing course
Moving to another university / college
Illness
Family bereavement
Wanting to move to other accommodation outwith PBSA
Unhappy with the quality of accommodation provided
Other – please provide details
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3(b). If you answered "yes, for specific reasons" or "yes, no reasons required", is there a required notice period?
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Yes – 4 weeks
Yes – 3 months
Yes – other (please advise notice period below)
No
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4. If rental payments are made up front, are students refunded rent/accommodation costs?
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Yes
No
Partially
5. If students are fully or partially refunded, how are these refunds made?
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Automatically
On request
6. How much is typically refunded and how many months does this equate to?
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7. If legislation was to be introduced creating a requirement for notice periods, under what circumstances do you think they should apply?
Leaving university / college before course completion
Left university / college after completing course
Moving to another university / college
Illness
Family bereavement
Wanting to move to other accommodation outwith PBSA
Unhappy with the quality of accommodation provided
Other – please provide details
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8(a). Annually, how many requests to terminate tenancy agreements do you receive from tenants?
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8(b). What percentage of beds you manage in total does this equate to?
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9. Annually, what percentage of requests do you agree to?
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10. Annually, how many empty rooms/beds (voids) do you have on average as a direct result of students leaving their accommodation early?
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11. On average, how long does it take to relet empty accommodation?
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12. What is the current financial impact of empty accommodation, unlet due to early tenancy agreement termination, on your business?
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13. What do you consider the financial impact of empty accommodation would be if students are given the right to end tenancy agreements early?
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14. Please provide any additional information you think would be useful in relation to notice periods
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