Deregulation of private rented housing in Britain: investors responses to Government housing policy in the 1980s

Crook, A. D. H.

Deregulation of private rented housing in Britain: investors responses to Government housing policy in the 1980s - 1989 - Built Environment 14(3/4) 1989, 155-167(13) .

Examines the likely impact of policies to deregulate new residential tenancies describing housing policy objectives in the 1980s; contemporary private rented housing including the legal and financial framework; investment that has occurred in the 1980s and how it has been shaped by problems; identifies the problems and examines how the needs of landlords and tenants should be met in a market framework; how far legislation on deregulation meets these needs and what improvements are needed. (Journal abstract)