Social Disparities in Private Renting Amongst Young Families in England and Wales, 2001-2011

Coulter, Rory

doi:10.1080/14036096.2016.1242511

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“…This review indicates that, although experiences vary by context and it is important to understand wider welfare regimes Lennartz et al, 2016), housing outcomes have been significantly changing in the studied countries. The extent to which this reflects strengthening constraints rather than changing preferences (Coulter, 2017), and how these interact with aspirations, is considered in the next section.…”

Section: Changing Housing Systems and Wider Contextual Forcesmentioning

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Understanding changing housing aspirations: a review of the evidence

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This article reviews the literature on changing housing aspirations and expectations in contemporary housing systems. It argues that there is a conceptual and definitional gap in relation to the term 'housing aspirations', as distinct from expectations, preferences, choices and needs. The article sets out working definitions of these terms, before discussing the evidence on changing housing (and related) systems. Emerging research has begun to consider whether trends such as declining homeownership, affordability concerns and precarious labour systems across a range of countries are fundamentally changing individuals' aspirations for the forms of housing they aim to access at different stages of their lives. Whilst much of the research into housing aspirations has been considered in terms of tenure, and homeownership in particular, this article suggests that research needs to move beyond tenure and choice frameworks, to consider the range of dimensions that shape aspirations, from the political economy and the State to socialization and individuals' dispositions for housing. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Changing Housing Systems and Wider Contextual Forcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding changing housing aspirations: a review of the evidence

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“…For some households, constrained access to owner occupation due to affordability issues has led to the phenomenon of 'generation rent', whereby young adults have a deepening reliance on the PRS for longer periods of the time (Clapham et al, 2014;Hoolachan, McKee, Moore, & Soaita, 2017). Demand has also grown amongst households with dependent children (Coulter, 2016;DCLG, 2016a; Department for Social Development, 2015), and amongst more vulnerable households in England and Wales as a result of alterations to homelessness duties of local authorities that rely on the PRS for housing homeless people. Analysis of the expansion of the PRS in England and Wales has highlighted that private renting has grown most rapidly amongst less advantaged young adults (Coulter, 2016), a trend which has been mirrored in Northern Ireland where over half of all private sector tenants are in receipt of housing benefit payments (Department for Social Development, 2015).…”

Section: Understanding the Prs In The Ukmentioning

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“…Demand has also grown amongst households with dependent children (Coulter, 2016;DCLG, 2016a; Department for Social Development, 2015), and amongst more vulnerable households in England and Wales as a result of alterations to homelessness duties of local authorities that rely on the PRS for housing homeless people. Analysis of the expansion of the PRS in England and Wales has highlighted that private renting has grown most rapidly amongst less advantaged young adults (Coulter, 2016), a trend which has been mirrored in Northern Ireland where over half of all private sector tenants are in receipt of housing benefit payments (Department for Social Development, 2015). This lends weight to the theory that the contraction of social housing sectors in some areas of the UK has contributed to PRS growth (McKee, 2012;Whitehead & Scanlon, 2015).…”

Section: Understanding the Prs In The Ukmentioning

confidence: 99%

The convergence, divergence and changing geography of regulation in the UK's private rented sector

Moore

2017

International Journal of Housing Policy

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The role of the private rented sector (PRS) has grown in many parts of Europe in recent years, both as an increasing component of housing systems and as the effects of the global financial crisis become apparent. In the UK, the role of the sector has deepened and is increasingly relied upon to house growing and diverse proportions of the population for longer periods of time. This has renewed interest in the regulation of the sector in order to improve its suitability and desirability for tenants. There has been increasing convergence in regulatory approaches between some jurisdictions of the UK, such as Scotland and Wales, and divergence between others, such as England where regulation remains a residual policy concern. Using examples of tenure security, landlord regulation and affordability, this policy review seeks to highlight the emerging differences in the way the PRS is regulated within the UK. It argues that the likely consequence of these differences is that there may be increased variation in the effects and experience of renting in the PRS, in relation to eviction protections and landlord management standards. The paper shows how jurisdictions in Scotland, and to a lesser extent Wales and Northern Ireland, are moving towards models of regulation that more closely mirror those used in Western European countries, with England becoming an outlier in the way in which it regulates private renting.

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“…These contemporary employment conditions in Australia stem from global processes of economic restructuring which have been culminating over the past three decades to widen wealth inequalities between older and younger generations and among young people with unequal access to family housing resources (McKee 2012;Coulter 2017;Druta and Ronald 2017;Barrett et al 2015).…”

Section: Generational Shifts In Long-term Renting and Investmentmentioning

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“…Comparative institutional differences, in terms of key measures of affordability, adequacy and security, critically influence transitions and pathways into and out of the PRS, as well as the supply of and incentives for affordable private rental (Coulter 2017;Lennartz, Arundel and Ronald 2015;Hulse, Milligan and Easthope 2011;Forrest and Hirayama 2009). The policies and programs intended to support low-income individuals and households to navigate the PRS, as articulated in the broader Inquiry framework on the future of the PRS, exist within embedded social, economic, legal and political institutions governing all housing market exchange (Hulse et al 2016).…”

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Navigating a changing private rental sector: opportunities and challenges for low-income renters

Parkinson¹,

James²,

Liu³

2018

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iii AHURI AHURI is a national independent research network with an expert not-for-profit research management company, AHURI Limited, at its centre.AHURI's mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change to improve the housing and urban environments of all Australians.Using high quality, independent evidence and through active, managed engagement, AHURI works to inform the policies and practices of governments and the housing and urban development industries, and stimulate debate in the broader Australian community.AHURI undertakes evidence-based policy development on a range of priority policy topics that are of interest to our audience groups, including housing and labour markets, urban growth and renewal, planning and infrastructure development, housing supply and affordability, homelessness, economic productivity, and social cohesion and wellbeing. AcknowledgementsThis material was produced with funding from the Australian Government and state and territory governments. AHURI Limited gratefully acknowledges the financial and other support it has received from these governments, without which this work would not have been possible.AHURI Limited also gratefully acknowledges the contributions, both financial and in-kind, of its university research partners who have helped make the completion of this material possible.We are indebted to each of the individuals who generously shared their experiences of renting, as well as their insights into how the sector can be improved from a consumer perspective. We thank the community providers and tenancy managers who provided an in-depth understanding of the practice and policy issues faced by low-income renters for sharing their practice innovation and also for assisting with the recruitment of renters for the research. The responses from investors/landlords to our survey is greatly appreciated and has provided much needed background on the motivations for investing and receptiveness to different policy scenarios in providing more affordable rentals.Sincere thanks is also extended to Dr Farnaz Zirakbash for providing invaluable research assistance with entering interviews into NVivo. Finally, we would like to thank Professor Terry Burke, who graciously shared his wisdom on earlier drafts of the introductory and future directions policy chapters, as well as providing advice on the landlord survey.

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Social Disparities in Private Renting Amongst Young Families in England and Wales, 2001-2011

Cited by 25 publications

References 31 publications

Understanding changing housing aspirations: a review of the evidence

Understanding changing housing aspirations: a review of the evidence

The convergence, divergence and changing geography of regulation in the UK's private rented sector

Navigating a changing private rental sector: opportunities and challenges for low-income renters

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