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Slum landlords Slum landlords
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‘House farming’ ‘House farming’
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The aristocracy and the slum The aristocracy and the slum
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The rates issue The rates issue
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Rent control Rent control
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Creeping decontrol Creeping decontrol
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The Rent Act 1957 The Rent Act 1957
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Rachmanism Rachmanism
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‘Fair’ rents ‘Fair’ rents
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Withering on the vine Withering on the vine
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A market in rented accommodation? A market in rented accommodation?
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Housing Benefit Housing Benefit
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Buy-to-Let (BTL) Buy-to-Let (BTL)
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New Labour New Labour
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Responsible private landlords Responsible private landlords
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The Right to Buy and private landlordism The Right to Buy and private landlordism
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The Coalition government and ‘generation rent’? The Coalition government and ‘generation rent’?
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Private landlords and tax exemptions Private landlords and tax exemptions
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Institutional investment in private landlordism Institutional investment in private landlordism
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Regulation Regulation
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Rent control Rent control
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Housing Benefit expenditure Housing Benefit expenditure
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Private landlordism versus homeownership Private landlordism versus homeownership
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Further reading Further reading
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Four Private landlords: ‘Rachmans’ or ‘residential property-owners’?
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Published:December 2016
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Abstract
This chapter charts the politics involved in the decline and post 1997 growth in the private landlord sector of the housing market. Slum landlord politics in the 19th and early 20th centuries are examined with particular reference to landlord involvement in local politics and labour movement attitudes to private landlords, culminating in the Glasgow rent strike. The electoral politics of rent control from 1915 are explored with the 1957 Rent Act given detailed consideration. The political reasons for the growth in private landlordism post 1997 are investigated with the role of Buy to Let highlighted. The contemporary politics of private landlordism are considered in relationship to the growth of generation rent, Housing Benefit expenditure, rent regulation and institutional investment in private landlordism.
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