The unenviable position of the local authority landlord

Abstract

Property managers in the private domestic sector will be aware of the problems which beset that seemingly inexorably shrinking part of the housing market. The complexities deriving from the Rent Acts, and the facts that (a) owner occupiers paying mortgages receive mortgage interest relief; (b) public sector tenants receive assistance with their housing costs in the form of exchequer subsidies; and (c) private sector tenants can receive a ‘hidden’ subsidy in the form of ‘fair rent’ restrictions, while the private landlord himself receives no such help with his housing costs or tax burden — all these combine to make the lot of the lessor of private rent accommodation a less than happy one.

Citation

Hughes LLB, D. (1983), "The unenviable position of the local authority landlord", Property Management, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 136-142. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb006551