Private Renting in Transition

assured shorthold tenancies assured tenancies authorities average bedsits Britain building societies buy to let cent Chapter Conservatives costs council housing Crook and Kemp Cullingworth decontrol demand deposit DETR England and Wales English Housing eviction financial institutions HMOs house prices Housing Act Housing Act 1988 housing associations housing policy housing tenure housing to let important improvement increased introduced investment Kemp and Rhodes landlord and tenant landlords and agents lenders less licensing living London managing agents Meanwhile mortgage move non-decent ODPM owner occupation private landlords private rental market private tenants privately rented dwellings privately rented housing privately rented sector problems property companies regulated tenancies relatively Rent Act rent arrears rent control rental housing market rental income rental yield repairs resident landlord restrictions role scheme Scotland security of tenure slump social housing tenants sub-sector subsidies Table tenants on housing type of landlord unfurnished vacant possession working-class