Executive summary -- Background to the review -- Diversity in the private rented sector: landlords and locations -- Private tenants: characteristics and experiences -- The ability of the private rented sector to provide appropriate and well-managed accommodation -- Supporting the professionalism and reputation of the sector -- Homeless households and the private rented sector -- The affordability and supply of private rented housing -- Appendix one: acknowledgments

Presents the key findings of research into the private rented sector, and looks at the implications for future policy. The review was aimed at: undertaking a general stock take of the sector; examining the role which the sector plays in housing those on low incomes and benefits; and looking at good practice in relation to local authorities and their contact with the private rented sector. For other publications in this series, see E147032, E147034, E147035 and E147036.