The role of private landlords in making a rented house a home

Rolfe, Steve; McKee, Kim; Feather, Julie; Simcock, Tom; Hoolachan, Jennifer

doi:10.1080/19491247.2021.2019882

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“…We found that landlords' decision to maintain or renovate the housing and facilities they provide directly shape the living experience of tenants. This finding is consistent with Rolfe, et al (2021), who concluded that the disinvestment by the landlords could lead to the erosion of housing quality. During our interview with tenants, most of the complaints about residential conditions come from urban village tenants, which is consistent with who found urban village tenants were significantly less satisfied with their residential environment than commercial housing tenants and LTRA tenants.…”

Section: Residential Conditionssupporting

confidence: 92%

“…In recent years, there has been an increasing amount of literature about private landlords, focusing on their investment motivations, business strategies, and attitudes towards the PRS, etc. (Balzarini & Boyd, 2021;Crook, et al, 2009;Rolfe, et al, 2021). Although these studies have deepened our understanding of landlords, there are at least three significant gaps.…”

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Towards a Better-Functioning Private Rented Sector in Metropolitan China

2023

Architecture and the Built Environment

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In recent years, the Private Rented Sector (PRS) has witnessed rapid growth across numerous jurisdictions, with Chinese metropolises notably standing out. Throughout the history of housing policy development in China, the PRS has been largely disregarded. It was not until 2015 that the government proposed the idea of “accelerating the development of the rental housing market” to achieve a “balanced development between home renting and purchasing”. However, the PRS in China is still in its immature stage, as evidenced by unstable rents and tenure, insufficient tenant rights, low levels of tenant satisfaction, minimal institutional landlord participation, and a lack of motivation among local governments to develop the PRS. This dissertation aims to gain an indepth understanding of the PRS in metropolitan China and explore how to improve its functioning using Shenzhen as a case study. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected to examine the determinants of tenants’ intention to rent and residential satisfaction, the relationship between residential environment, social exclusion, and life satisfaction, the impact of landlords' management practices on tenants' housing experiences, and main challenges and solutions for a well-developed PRS. The results suggest that the PRS in Shenzhen is highly heterogeneous and comprised of several distinct sub-sectors. Housing policies should be tailored to each subsector's unique characteristics. The dissertation also reveals that the PRS is interconnected with other institutions such as the hukou system and education system. Therefore, a well-functioning PRS depends on the simultaneous reform of other sectors and institutions.

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Section: Residential Conditionssupporting

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Towards a Better-Functioning Private Rented Sector in Metropolitan China

2023

Architecture and the Built Environment

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“…Given publicans also often live in the same premises, interviews reflected many of the same sentiments as work on tenancy lengths in the residential private rented sector [30]. As Rolfe et al (2023) have argued, longer-term tenancies can help to foster “the development of trust and encourage both parties to maintain relationships and resolve difficulties”. Whereas shorter tenancies can fray “tenants’ connections with their local communities” and jeopardise practices of “home-making” (Rolfe et al , 2023, p. 16).…”

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“…As Rolfe et al (2023) have argued, longer-term tenancies can help to foster “the development of trust and encourage both parties to maintain relationships and resolve difficulties”. Whereas shorter tenancies can fray “tenants’ connections with their local communities” and jeopardise practices of “home-making” (Rolfe et al , 2023, p. 16). In much the same way, interviewed publicans noted the importance of lease length to their ability to create a sustainable long-term pub business rooted in the community.…”

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“From the lease’s point of view”: the role of tied leases in shaping the UK pub sector

Meers

2023

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Purpose Much like their residential counterparts, commercial leases have a reputation problem. Although often derided as painfully dull and mundane documents, residential leases have begun to be interrogated by socio-legal scholarship with renewed interest. This paper aims to continue this line of work in the commercial context through a detailed examination of a widespread form of leasehold in the pub sector: the “tied lease”. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on interviews with 14 publicans and archival research. Findings The author argues that the lease is a decisive actor in determining the balance of power between publicans and pub-owning companies and shaping the physical environment of pubs in the UK. Originality/value The author’s broader agenda is to argue that socio-legal scholars’ renewed interest in leases should not be confined to the residential context: commercial leases warrant far greater socio-legal scholarly attention.

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“…‘Place’ is important because those living in very low income areas can feel poorly served by local services, regardless of the tenure of their housing, this can then lead to a feelings of abandonment and isolation from other people living in the neighbourhood and, hence, poor health and wellbeing [ 9 ]. Consequently, there have been questions about the extent to which the private and social rental sectors should provide homes, not just houses [ 32 , 33 ]. Garnham et al [ 32 ] (p. 1) found that, in Glasgow, for renters, a home was a ‘recuperative space in which to shelter from daily stressors and was a source of autonomy and social status’, which was underpinned by the ‘housing service, property quality and affordability’.…”

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Do the Determinants of Mental Wellbeing Vary by Housing Tenure Status? Secondary Analysis of a 2017 Cross-Sectional Residents Survey in Cornwall, South West England

Sharpe

Wyatt

Williams

2022

IJERPH

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Housing is a social determinant of health, comprising multiple interrelated attributes; the current study was developed to examine whether differences in mental wellbeing across housing tenure types might relate to individual, living, or neighbourhood circumstances. To achieve this aim, an exploratory cross-sectional analysis was conducted using secondary data from a county-wide resident survey undertaken by Cornwall Council in 2017. The survey included questions about individual, living, or neighbourhood circumstances, as well as mental wellbeing (Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale). A random sample of 30,152 households in Cornwall were sent the survey, from whom 11,247 valid responses were received (38% response), but only 4085 (13.5%) provided complete data for this study. Stratified stepwise models were estimated to generate hypotheses about inequalities in mental wellbeing related to housing tenure. Health, life satisfaction, and social connectedness were found to be universal determinants of mental wellbeing, whereas issues related to living circumstances (quality of housing, fuel poverty) were only found to be related to wellbeing among residents of privately owned and rented properties. Sense of safety and belonging (neighbourhood circumstances) were also found to be related to wellbeing, which together suggests that whole system place-based home and people/community-centred approaches are needed to reduce inequalities.

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The role of private landlords in making a rented house a home

Cited by 12 publications

References 65 publications

Towards a Better-Functioning Private Rented Sector in Metropolitan China

Towards a Better-Functioning Private Rented Sector in Metropolitan China

“From the lease’s point of view”: the role of tied leases in shaping the UK pub sector

Do the Determinants of Mental Wellbeing Vary by Housing Tenure Status? Secondary Analysis of a 2017 Cross-Sectional Residents Survey in Cornwall, South West England

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