Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to re‐appraise the role of the private renting in the housing system drawing on a review of public policies toward the sector in six countries. It re‐examines the adequacy of explanations about tenurial “competition” and the dynamics of tenurial...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address both the measurement of affordability and variations in affordability between local housing market areas (HMAs). Design/methodology/approach – The practical data issues that arise from measuring local affordability are reviewed by reference...