The private rented sector in a new century: Revival or false dawn?

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Against a century-long trend of decline, the private rented sector grew significantly during the 1990s. This book explores why and looks at the consequences for tenants and landlords, as well as the wider implications for housing policy. The initial chapters provide background information about the recent history and development of the private rented sector. The remaining chapters explore the changing nature of the private rented sector and how it relates to the social housing sectors, the impact of the social security system, the financing and investment context of the sector, the experience of young people and the issues of housing standards. Written by legal and policy experts, the book brings together, for the first time in over a decade, leading-edge research on the newly deregulated private rented sector. The book will be invaluable reading for law, public policy, housing and social policy students. Housing practitioner also find it a stimulating read.

David Hughes is Professor of Housing and Planning Law at De Montfort University. He is author of many key texts in the fields of public sector housing law and environmental law. Stuart Lowe is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of York. He has written extensively about British housing policy in books and journals.

"I am delighted to welcome a book that focuses on private rented housing and the role it continues to play in the housing market. The issues considered here will be of great interest to policy makers and those thinking about the development of housing law." Martin Partington, Law Commissioner for England and Wales