Investment in the UK Private Rented Sector

09 September 2010

The Private Rented Sector (PRS) is playing an increasingly important role in the housing market and the Government is concerned to ensure that recovery is supported by a strong supply-side response. The Treasury launched an initial consultation on 3 February 2010 to consider the contribution the Private Rented Sector (PRS) could make to addressing housing demand and increasing supply, and identifying if there were any substantive barriers to investment in the sector.

The consultation focussed primarily on the economic drivers of investment in the PRS and whether the sector will continue to be responsive to changing demand pressures, or be constrained by a lack of investment.

The consultation closed on 28 April 2010. A total of fifty-five responses were received and as part of the consultation process the Treasury also held two Chatham House style round-table seminars with a selection of industry stakeholders and academics. All responses were carefully considered and the Government is very grateful for respondents’ contributions to the consultation process.

The Government response to the consultation on investment in the UK Private Rented Sector summarises the responses received to the consultation, our assessment of these, and the areas that we will be considering further the case for change.

The consultation document, submissions to the review and summaries of the round-table seminars, and the Government response document are available in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer you can download the software free of charge from the Adobe website. For alternative ways to read PDF documents and further information on website accessibility visit the HM Treasury accessibility page.

Investment in the UK Private Rented Sector

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