The Private Rented Housing Market

The privately rented housing market has largely catered for young, mobile people and students since it was deregulated in the late 1980s. In this volume the editors provide a timely insight into this rapidly evolving market. This volume is based on new, original research which brings together specialists in housing policy and legal studies, in their common and increasingly interdependent knowledge base about the contemporary PRS and its future direction. The collection opens with an...
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The privately rented housing market has largely catered for young, mobile people and students since it was deregulated in the late 1980s. In this volume the editors provide a timely insight into this rapidly evolving market. This volume is based on new, original research which brings together specialists in housing policy and legal studies, in their common and increasingly interdependent knowledge base about the contemporary PRS and its future direction. The collection opens with an overview outlining the historical context and recent changes to the PRS, such as the rapid and continued expansion of buy-to-let, followed by a look at the factors shaping the contemporary market. The contributors show how the new regulatory environment is fashioning a series of new issues that have significant potential to affect (and potentially damage) the market.