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Private Rented Housing

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The supply of private rented accommodation has declined from approximately 90 per cent of dwellings in 1914 to about 12 per cent in 1979, and unlike other west European countries and North America there has been virtually no housebuilding for private renting since the Second World War.

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© 1981 Paul N. Balchin

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Balchin, P.N. (1981). Private Rented Housing. In: Housing Policy and Housing Needs. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16527-8_3

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