Background to the Private Rental Sector - 1915-1960
Anyone thinking of starting a letting agency and becoming a letting agent may be interested in the events leading up to the letting scene as it exists today. We therefore include this brief summary about the history of the private rental sector...
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More background - 1961-1980
During the early 1960s the increasing shortage of rented accommodation, particularly in the cities, became acutely felt. Housing gradually rose towards the top of the political agenda, as homelessness and harassment gained the attention of the media. A committee of enquiry into housing in London was set up (the Milner-Holland Committee)...
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Recent events - 1981-2011
The second bout of deregulation since the war began on 15th January 1989 in the form of the Housing Act 1988. The Rent Act regime was substantially curtailed, and a new scheme introduced based on tenancies at market rents. Nearly all new lettings were to be assured or assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs), the latter combining market rents with an easy route to possession for landlords...
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