PRS Review ‘proposes new agenda’ for private renting
Posted on 17 October 2008
The Review, conducted by academics in the University’s Centre for Housing Policy, draws conclusions on key issues including landlord licensing, institutional investment in renting, retaliatory eviction, poor property condition, and the use of the sector to meet responsibilities to house homeless people.
Too many myths are attached to renting, and have driven policy on the sector for too long
Dr Julie Rugg and David Rhodes
The Review will bring forward a fresh agenda for the PRS which includes growing the ‘business’ of renting, developing new procurement relationships between local authorities and landlords and devising intelligent tax incentives.
Authors, Dr Julie Rugg and David Rhodes, say: "Too many myths are attached to renting, and have driven policy on the sector for too long. We need a new agenda that reflects sound, independent evidence."
The Review will be launched in the Alcuin Research Resource Centre (ARRC) at the University of York at 2pm on 23 October. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communiities and Local Government, Iain Wright MP, will attend the launch.
To coincide with the launch, the Review will be available online at http://www.york.ac.uk/chp/Projects/PRSreview.htm
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Notes to editors:
- Journalists wishing to attend the launch should contact David Garner, in the University of York press office on 01904 432153/432029. A full press release will be issued on the day.
- The Centre for Housing Policy (CHP) at the University of York was established in 1990 with the support of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. In size, financial strength and reputation, CHP is now one of the leading housing research centres in Europe.