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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451298303321

Titolo

The private rented housing market [[electronic resource] ] : regulation or deregulation? / / edited by David Hughes and Stuart Lowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hants, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-351-14562-2

1-281-20822-1

9786611208226

0-7546-8539-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HughesDavid <1945 Nov. 26->

LoweStuart <1950->

Disciplina

333.33/8

Soggetti

Rental housing - Great Britain

Housing policy - Great Britain

Rental housing - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 The New Private Rented Sector - Regulation in a Deregulated Market; 2 A GIS Analysis of Rent Formation in the Private Rented Housing Sector in England; 3 Buy to Let Landlords; 4 Housing Benefit and the Private Rented Sector: A Case Study of Variance in Rental Niche Markets; 5 Controlling Letting Arrangements in the Private Rented Sector?; 6 Regulating the Market; 7 Landlords and Fair Trading: All Consumers Now?; 8 Accreditation; 9 Regulating a Deregulated Market; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on new and original research, this volume brings together specialists in housing policy and legal studies to examine the UK privately rented sector, and its future direction. The contributors show how the new regulatory environment is opening a series of issues with significant potential to affect (and potentially damage) the market.