Private Renting in the Advanced Economies
Growth and Change in a Financialised World
Edited by Peter A. Kemp
Published
Feb 11, 2025Page count
264 pagesISBN
978-1447362098Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Oct 18, 2023Page count
264 pagesISBN
978-1447362081Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Oct 18, 2023Page count
264 pagesISBN
978-1447362104Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Oct 18, 2023Page count
264 pagesISBN
978-1447362104Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy Press
Private Renting in the Advanced Economies
The private rental housing market plays an important and growing role in the advanced economies. Providing accommodation for a wider range of households than before the global financial crisis, rental housing is also a key asset class for private individuals and companies, while the rise of Airbnb lettings has pushed up rents and reduced the number of homes available to residents.
This edited collection by leading experts in the field analyses recent changes in the private rental market, using case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA, and assesses the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The book is a welcome addition to existing literature. It is a useful handbook for (comparative) housing scholars, and an important read for researchers, policy makers and practitioners across the nine countries under study, and beyond.” International Journal of Housing Policy
“The private rented sector is the least-understood segment of the housing market. Given its expansion and political significance this is an important international collection highlighting the many tensions that exist.” Peter Williams, University of Cambridge
“Peter Kemp’s latest book is timely and thought-provoking particularly because it maps the growing importance of private renting across many countries where it had long been seen as playing an increasingly residual role.” Christine Whitehead, London School of Economics
Editor Peter A. Kemp is Professor of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
1. New Trajectories in Private Rental Housing - Peter A. Kemp
2. Growth and Change: Private Renting in Australia in the 21st Century - Kath Hulse
3. Rental Housing Dynamics and Their Affordability Impact in the United States - Alex Schwartz
4. The Irish Rental Sector and the Post-homeownership Society: Issues and Challenges - Michael Byrne
5. Private Renting in England: Growth, Change and Contestation - Tony Crook and Peter A. Kemp
6. Private Renting in the Netherlands: Set to Grow? - Marietta E.A. Haffner
7. Suppressive Regulation and Lower Political Esteem: Private Renting in Germany at the Beginning of Decline - Stefan Kofner
8. Private Renting in Denmark: Foreign Investors in the Crosshairs - Kath Scanlon
9. Norway: Booming Housing Market and Increasing Small-scale Landlordism - Mary Ann Stamsø
10. Private Rented Markets in Spain and Housing Affordability - Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and Teresa Sánchez-Martínez
11. The Short Run Impact of Covid-19 on the Private Rented Sector - Tony Crook
12. Change and Continuity in Private Rental Housing - Peter A. Kemp
