Thank you for your interest in this survey.
We are surveying tenants across Greater Manchester to find out more about your experiences of renting.
The survey is being undertaken by the University of Leeds as part of an international study that includes other cities in Europe and Latin America.
It is being conducted with the support of Greater Manchester Tenants Union (GMTU) who are administering the survey on behalf of the University of Leeds, but will not have access to your individual answers or identity. That means your responses will remain confidential to the University research team.
The findings of our study will be published in public reports and shared with policy makers in central and local government. Your identity will never be revealed.
The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.
There are seven themed sections covering questions about: you and your home, your household, your landlord and tenancy, your housing conditions and experiences of making repair requests, your housing costs and affordability, previous home moves and evictions, and future expectations and intentions.
At the beginning of each section we briefly explain what information we are asking from you and why. Although not necessary, before you start, you might find it useful to have a copy of your current tenancy agreement and your most recent rent statement or invoice to hand.
The research has been approved by the University of Leeds ethics review committee (BESS+FREC:0664).
Participation in the research is voluntary and you can withdraw at any time during the survey. You can also withdraw your responses up to 15 January 2024 without having to give a reason by contacting Dr Stuart Hodkinson who is leading the renters' survey - s.n.hodkinson@leeds.ac.uk
We will store your personal data according to GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 in a secure, encrypted online environment. Your privacy will be maintained at all times.
We will anonymise personal data in all publications and we will not share any identifiable information with anyone beyond the University of Leeds research team. We will never disclose any names of individual landlords or any data that could identify you to your landlord in our publication
You will have the right to check and delete private data on request. We will delete your personal data at the end of our project in March 2025.
Our data controller registration number provided by the Information Commissioner's Office is Z553814X.
You can find out more about how and why the University uses personal data for research, your rights under the Data Protection Act 2018 and who to contact with any queries or concerns on the following link: https://ris.leeds.ac.uk/privacy-notice/
If you have any concerns with regard to the way your personal data is being processed or have a query with regard to this Notice, please contact our Data Protection Officer (Alice Temple: A.C.Temple@leeds.ac.uk).
Our postal address for data protection issues is University of Leeds Secretariat, Room 11.72 EC Stoner Building, Leeds, LS2 9JT and the telephone number is +44 (0)113 243175