The private rented sector in a new century : : Revival or false dawn? / / ed. by Stuart Lowe, David Hughes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Crook, A.D.H.,; Currie, Hector,; Davis, Martin,; Ellison, Mike,; Hancock, Phil,; Hughes, David,; Kemp, Peter,; Lister, Diane,; Lowe, Stuart,; Morgan, Jill,; Rhodes, David,; Satsangi, Madhu,; Wilcox, Steve,
• HerausgeberIn: Hughes, David,; Lowe, Stuart,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

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. 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. It provides background information about the recent history and development of the private rented sector and explores the changing nature of the sector. The book will be invaluable reading for law, public policy, housing and social policy students. Housing practitioners and policy makers will also find it a stimulating read.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- The new private rented sector -- Private renting in the 21st century: lessons from the last decade of the 20th century -- Housing benefit and social security -- Rents and returns in the residential lettings market -- The private rented sector in rural areas -- Rental housing supply in rural Scotland: the role of private landowners -- The nature of tenancy relationships: landlords and young people -- Unlawful eviction and harassment -- Changing Rooms: the legal and policy implications of a burgeoning student housing market in Leicester -- The Scottish system of licensing houses in multiple occupation -- Housing conditions in the private rented sector within a market framework -- Room for improvement: the impact of the local authority grant system -- New law, new policy -- References -- Index