In this blog, Jennifer Harris looks at how new UK-wide research highlights examples of how services are adapting to improve access to advice and information for people living in the private rented sector. This is part of a wider programme of work funded by TDS Charitable Foundation and Safe Deposits Scotland Charitable Trust.
Steve Rolfe and Kim McKee (University of Stirling) present an overview of a new research report which considers what landlords can do to make their tenants feel more at home in the PRS.
People told us about leaking roofs and guttering, and about how water coming into their housing had caused internal damage, damp and mould.
Welcome to the new website of Renting Evidence, a community of researchers, stakeholders and policymakers committed to improving the quality of evidence available on rental sectors. We seek to share knowledge across professional boundaries to support evidence-informed policy and practice.
The Housing Studies Association has launched their Call for Papers for the 2021 Conference ‘Preparing for the future and learning from the past’
A key finding from our on-going evaluation of Scotland’s private rented sector, is that change happens very slowly. The Rent Better research, funded by the Nationwide Foundation, evaluates the impact of the recent changes brought about by the Private Housing...
We will be holding a special e-conference entitled ‘Private renting in a time of crisis’ on Thursday 18th June. It is a timely opportunity to reflect on the issues that have dominated the PRS literature to date, the PRS in the context of Covid-19, and what the implications of these are for the future.
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee have launched a new inquiry into the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on homelessness and the private rented sector.
Dr Tom Simcock shares initial thoughts on the likely effects of COVID-19 on private rented sector tenants and landlords in England and discusses the potential effectiveness of the government’s response.
Ben Reeve-Lewis from Safer Renting shares initial experiences since the announcement of the emergency freeze to evictions.
The Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee is undertaking an inquiry into the general principles of the Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Bill.
In this blog, Dr Tom Simcock draws upon his HSA conference paper to examine the professionalisation of ‘home-sharing’ on new online platforms such as Airbnb.