Meanings of private renting in English

But the new requirements focus firmly on home ownership and private renting.

But social housing offers community and stability: rare features in private renting.

Now, there's no way I'd go back to private renting.

People in social housing are those whose circumstances and finances make private renting or home ownership difficult.

But there's mounting evidence that private renting is failing to provide the stability that children desperately need.

A major trend over the last decade has been the tenure shift from home ownership to private renting.

Just as lack of choice has triggered the rise of private renting, so it will keep a growing number of households stewing there.

With the rise of private renting, the precarity of the tenure has been reflected in the cases councils see in their homelessness applications.

The number of evictions by private landlords has risen since 1999, as private renting increases, but the majority of claims made are by social landlords.

For people trapped in private renting or overcrowded council homes, the "off site" option might well make sense, though Boris Johnson isn't keen on it.

Private renting used to be rare, especially for families, but now more households are private renters than live in social housing.