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A private rental sector paradox: unpacking the effects of urban restructuring on housing market dynamics

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  • Kath Hulse
  • Judith Yates

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The private rental sector (PRS) is growing in many advanced economies due to declining home ownership and retrenchment in social housing. This paper examines changes in the PRS in the context of housing market change and ongoing urbanisation processes. Using the example of Australia, it identifies a paradox when examining detailed changes in PRS composition between 1996 and 2011. Increasing demand from higher and lower income households has occurred alongside increasing concentration of supply in mid-market segments. The paper discusses possible explanations of this mismatch. It suggests that middle/higher income households rent through a mixture of constraint and choice in areas with a high level of amenity, adding to understanding of gentrification of inner-city areas. Urban restructuring, evident in increased land values in inner areas of large cities, has resulted in limited ‘filtering down’ of older housing into low-rent private rental stock and a concentration of investment in supply in mid-market segments with greatest prospects for resale and rental.

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  • Kath Hulse & Judith Yates, 2017. "A private rental sector paradox: unpacking the effects of urban restructuring on housing market dynamics," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(3), pages 253-270, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:32:y:2017:i:3:p:253-270
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2016.1194378
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    6. Hulse, Kath & Parkinson, Sharon & Martin, Chris & Hayward, Richard Donald, 2018. "Inquiry into the future of the private rental sector," SocArXiv 6sb8r, Center for Open Science.
    7. ViforJ, Rachel Ong & Singh, Ranjodh & Baker, Emma & Bentley, Rebecca & Hewton, Jack, 2022. "Precarious housing and wellbeing: a multi-dimensional investigation," SocArXiv ezf83, Center for Open Science.
    8. Hulse, Kath & Martin, Chris & James, Amity & Stone, Wendy & Hayward, Richard Donald, 2018. "Private rental in transition: institutional change, technology and innovation in Australia," SocArXiv yqbxj, Center for Open Science.
    9. Gurran, Nicole & Hulse, Kath & Dodson, Jago & Pill, Madeleine & Dowling, Robyn & reynolds, margaret & Maalsen, Sophia, 2021. "Urban productivity and affordable rental housing supply in Australian cities and regions," SocArXiv qrdb6, Center for Open Science.
    10. Kath Hulse & Zoë Goodall, 2023. "Reforming the Private Rental Sector: Challenges in the 2020s and Beyond," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 56(2), pages 240-248, June.
    11. Natacha Aveline-Dubach, 2020. "The Financialization of Rental Housing in Tokyo [La financiarisation des logements locatif à Tokyo]," Post-Print halshs-02440007, HAL.
    12. Lau, Mandy H.M. & Wei, Xueji, 2018. "Housing size and housing market dynamics: The case of micro-flats in Hong Kong," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 278-286.
    13. Kath Hulse & Margaret Reynolds, 2018. "Investification: Financialisation of housing markets and persistence of suburban socio-economic disadvantage," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 55(8), pages 1655-1671, June.

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