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Prospects and Strategies for Housing in the Private Rented Sector*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

C.M.E. Whitehead ,
M. Harloe  and
A. Bovaird
C.M.E. Whitehead
Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science.
M. Harloe
Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Essex.
A. Bovaird
Affiliation:
Lecturer, Management Centre, University of Aston.
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Abstract

This second article examines the future of the private rented sector in terms of the types of household that will continue to demand accommodation, the types of landlord that will be prepared to continue to let and the match between the requirements of the two groups. It is predicted that, under present policies, the sector will continue to decline but that the problems that will arise will come more from the mismatch between demand and supply than from the absolute size of the sector. The article then examines possible policies that might help to alleviate these problems. It argues that neither a completely free market system nor strengthening existing controls is likely to prove acceptable. Finally, it suggests a number of possible ways forward within a system of partial controls.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 1985 , pp. 151 - 174
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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