What does the evidence show in terms of the impact of regulation on private renters? (e.g. if landlords are required to invest heavily in their properties to improve standards, will rents rise?). How does that vary across the income groups of private renters?

Background

Including seeking to boost our evidence and understanding of what drives housing affordability, and how transitions and changes in people’s lives affect that

Next steps

The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

DLUHC Areas of research interest GOVUK

Related UKRI funded projects


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    Places for People (PfP), one of the largest housing development and management organisations in the UK, will partner the Centre for Comparative Housing Research (CCHR) at De Montfort University in this knowledge exchange...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: De Montfort University

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question as it examines the impact of housing policy on housing construction and affordability, but does not specifically address the impact of regulation on private renters.

  • ORA (Round 5) What is Governed in Cities: Residential Investment Landscapes and the Governance and Regulation of Housing Production

    This proposal draws on a precise comparative, inter-disciplinary methodology to examine the inter-relationships between contemporary investment flows into the housing markets of major cities and the governance arrangemen...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question as it examines the governance and regulation of housing production in major cities, but does not specifically address the impact of regulation on private renters.

  • Housing matters: A comparative study of the relationship between housing and poverty in Europe

    This research will examine how the relationship between housing conditions and costs and poverty outcomes in Europe has changed over the past decade. Despite the significance of housing for the study of poverty, debates ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question as it examines the association between housing conditions and costs and poverty outcomes in Europe, but does not specifically address the impact of regulation on private renters.