Assessment Report I NRC not prevalent. In addition to the 69 per cent owning their residence, a further 24 per cent of households were residing with family members (i.e. not paying rent or mortgage). This appears to be in line with official figures from the Syria 2004 Population and Housing Census which reported 9 per cent of houses being rented in Dar’a and just 4 per cent in Quneitra.11 Despite reportedly high levels of documented ownership prior to the conflict, the data suggests that housing, land, and property rights may become a significant challenge for the realisation of durable solutions, including return, and may create the conditions for HLP-related disputes in the post-conflict period. Notably: •• Almost half of respondents reported that their residence prior to displacement was either destroyed or damaged beyond repair. •• Despite the high rate of the population with property documents prior to the conflict, two thirds of respondents with previous documentation reported that it had been left behind, or had been destroyed or lost (see Figure 3). Only 63 of the 734 surveyed households reported that they have a tabou as proof of ownership for their land or residence and that it is still with them, and in good condition. The resultant lack of documented ownership increases the risk of insecure property rights and highlights the importance of key messaging to IDP communities and other communities at risk of displacement on the importance of recovering, retaining and protecting their HLP documentation wherever possible. •• Roughly half the respondents who reported ownership stated that the tabou was issued in their name alone, while the other half reported that the document was issued in someone else’s name (most often a male family member). Women were much less likely to report holding a property document in their own name (9 per cent of women compared with 68 per cent of men). 354 Dar’a 102 Rural Damascus 60 Quneitra As-Sweida 11 Homs 14 Other Governorates 13 Other Governorates Homs As-Sweida Quneitra Rural Damascus Dar’a Currently present and in a good condition 0 0 0 5 13 45 Lost or destroyed 13 14 11 60 102 354 Figure 3: Household survey (n=734): Number of people whose tabou was lost or destroyed, by governorate of origin 11 OCHA ROSC Syrian Population 2004 Census Data, accessed 02 February 2017 at: https:// data.humdata.org/dataset/syrian-arab-republic-other-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 NRC Assessment Report I 11