Private Rental Housing

Reviews / Votes

'Tony Crook and Peter Kemp have delivered a very timely book on Private Rental Housing before and after the global nancial crisis (GFC). . . Private rental housing: comparative perspectives provides an excellent over-view of context, characteristics and challenges facing the PRS in eight countries. The book is a must-read for policy-makers interested in lessons learned in private rental housing, albeit the book highlights that cross-national policy transfer is not straightforward. The book is an interesting read for housing scholars who want to be inspired by a well-organised volume of international comparative housing research that pays considerable attention to the impact of context on housing.'
--International Journal of Housing Policy'With this book, Crook and Kemp provide a readable and well-organised introduction to private rented housing systems in other countries. The contributors are all well-known housing scholars (mostly economists), and provide a good overview of the various policy frameworks that condition private renting--including overall housing policy, rent and tenancy regulation, and tax treatment. The careful reader will come away with a better understanding of why simple policy transfer is not straightforward, especially in an area as complex, culturally meaningful and system-embedded as housing.'
--Kath Scanion, LSE Review of Books

'This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the topic of private renting, offering valuable insights into recent developments in demand and supply from a comparative perspective.'
--Journal of Housing and the Built Environment