THE REVIVAL OF PRIVATE RENTED HOUSING IN BRITAIN

The paper examines private renting in Britain since 1988. It discusses the supply side response to rent deregulation, the temporary provisio n of tax incentives, and the property slump. The first section reviews the decline of private renting, its causes and implications. The seco nd section describes the government's objective in reviving private re nting, its methods and the wider context. The third section sets out s ome of the consequences of rent deregulation. The fourth section revie ws evidence about the supply side of the private ranted sector since d eregulation, and the final section assesses the implications of the re search findings for future policy.