The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry was set up in February 2022 to investigate the devolved strategic response to the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2022. The Inquiry is working independently of government to establish the facts, identify lessons to be learned and make recommendations for the future to Scottish Ministers. You can find out more about the Inquiry here: www.covid19inquiry.scot. The Inquiry is keen to hear about the experiences of people from all walks of life across Scotland during the pandemic.

Tenants Together Scotland will be facilitating a range of group discussion sessions with tenants in the social rented sector to hear about their experiences during the pandemic. The sessions will cover a set of topics aimed at capturing the range of experiences and views of tenants during the pandemic, and the feedback from each session will then be collated and shared with the Inquiry. In order to participate, you should have been a tenant in the sector at any point between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2022.

During the event, we would like to hear about your experience during the pandemic including:-

On welfare, we are keen to hear about:

• Housing and homelessness
• Access to benefits and welfare
• Food and fuel poverty
• Any impacts on personal finances

We're also keen to hear anything (positive or negative) about:

• The impact of the pandemic on tenancies (including rent arrears, evictions etc.)
• Rent freezes and impacts
• Repairs and maintenance
• The impacts of restrictions and closures on people’s access to housing
• The impacts of people’s living accommodation on their experiences of the pandemic – quality of accommodation, access to green spaces etc.
• Any lasting impacts