Making the most of build to rent

Build to Rent isn’t a panacea for London’s housing crisis, but momentum is building – there are four times as many private rented sector (PRS) schemes under construction or in the pipeline at the end of 2016 as were built in the previous seven years.1 With the gap between social housing and home ownership wider than ever, London needs more decent and well managed private-rented housing, but this is difficult to achieve within the existing sector. The new wave of institutionally-funded products focus on functional design, bespoke management and greater tenure security, offering a real alternative – though usually with a matching price tag.