Economics of the United Kingdom Housing Market / private rented sector is not fit for purpose currently
Witnesses Tuesday 8 December in Committee Room 1, Palace of Westminster At 3.35pm: Betsy Dillner, Director, Generation Rent Toby Lloyd, Head of Policy, Shelter Duncan Stott, Director, Priced Out At 4.30pm: Dr Peter Williams, Departmental Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Housing Professor Steve Wilcox, Centre for Housing Policy, University of York Possible questions The first session covers a range of issues including: how young people and others feel about the decline in home ownership and increase in private rents ? the impact of the Government's Affordable Homes programme on the people the witnesses' organisations represent ? how the Government can make being a private tenant a more attractive option ? The session also touches on the apparent transition from the Government subsidising rents via social housing to subsidizing home ownership using schemes such as Help to Buy and what the impact of this might be. The second session focuses o...