Transforming Private Landlords Housing, Markets and Public Policy

This book explores the origins, extent and implications of this revival in the fortunes of private landlordism. It presents an in-depth, scholarly analysis of private landlords, the rationales for and ways in which governments have sought to revitalise investment in residential lettings, and their success in doing so. It also assesses the extent to which landlordism has been transformed in recent years and the lessons for policy that can be learned from this experience. The book draws on the extensive research into private landlords conducted by the authors over the past two decades. This includes projects funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the predecessor departments to the Department for Communities and Local Government, Scottish Homes, and the Economic and Social Research Council. It fills a major gap in the literature about an important actor in housing provision and the built environment. Most of the recent work on private landlords has been published as research reports and there is a lack of book length scholarly study aimed at an academic rather than a policy audience. 1. timely - current revival in interest in the role of the private landlord 2. fills a gap in the literature about a growing actor in housing provision 3. a readable and up-to-date analysis

Tony Crook is Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Sheffield.

Peter Kemp is Barnett Professor of Social Policy at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Cross College.

The authors are leading academic experts on privately rented housing in Britain, a subject that they have been researching separately and together since 1978 and 1979 respectively. They have conducted a succession of quantitative and qualitative studies of private landlords and are the authors of numerous reports and other publications on this topic.