Mid Market Rent

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About

Mid-market rent is aimed at providing affordable housing within the private rented sector and is an alternative to the wider private rented sector. This community of practice comes together to enable local authorities and RSLs who manage homes in the MMR sector to share their experiences and challenges.

This community of practice explores the tools, skills and processes you need to manage MMR homes.

Who is it for

This community of practice is for RSL and LA members and will meet two times per year. 

Key Content

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Improving your customer’s experience with smart homes

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Mid Market Rent – Market Trends and Changes

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Delivering Mid Market Rent Properties – best practice

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Best practice in inventory management and tenant deposits

Latest News

Mid-Market Rent Eligibility Criteria

20-Jul-23
The Scottish Government has published their new More Homes Division Guidance Note MHDGN 2023-01 and this contains new guidance regarding the eligibility criteria for MMR properties.
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Scottish Fuel Fund

04-May-23
Funds secured by HACT and Melville are now available for housing associations to access, providing vouchers to support residents with rising fuel costs.
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MMR Scottish Government SmartSurvey Data Collection

29-Sep-22
The Scottish Government (SG) has developed an electronic survey in order to collect policy monitoring information from MMR providers/letting agents and households.
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Publications and reports

Mid Market Rent New Build, August 2023

Paul McGregor at Kingdom Housing Association will also be joining us to provide an overview of their handover process from newbuild developments, what is different to social housing lettings and lessons learnt.
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Mid-Market Rent Market Trends and Changes, August 2022

This presentation from Dr John Boyle of Rettie and Co provides an overview of the mid-market rent market trends and changes.
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Member Query – Upper Income Levels in MMR

Income levels are largely used during the application and assessment processes when letting an MMR property. These form part of the eligibility criteria and allow precedence to be given to applicants on low to moderate inocmes. The network received a query regarding the upper income levels for MMR housing application forms. Seven responses were received allowing colleagues to copare and contrast the different upper income levels that MMR housing providers are curently implementing across Scotland.
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Past Events

Mid-Market Rent Forum

This community of practice explores the tools, skills and processes you need to manage MMR homes.
24th Aug 2023
Microsoft Teams
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Mid-Market Rent

This community of practice explores the tools, skills and processes you need to manage MMR homes.
23rd May 2023
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