Housing Committee: Private rented sector
Channel: London Assembly
Date: 2022-03-22

27 per cent of households in London are now private renters, compared with 19 per cent nationally. With the scale and expansion, focus has been placed on standards and tenant rights within the sector.

The Private Rented Sector (PRS) has the worst conditions of any tenure in housing, with homes less likely to comply with minimum safety standards and properties more likely to be classified as non-decent.

Watch the London Assembly Housing Committee discuss issues within the PRS, including quality and standards, enforcement and the powers of redress available to tenants. The guests are:

Meera Chindooroy, Deputy Director, Campaigns, Public Affairs and Policy, National Residential Landlords Association 
Kate Webb, Head of Housing Strategy, GLA
Vicky Pearlman, PRS Programme Manager, GLA
Helen Masterson, Head of Private Sector Housing Standards, London Borough of Newham
Lynn Sellar, Private Sector Housing Manager, London Borough of Haringey
Clare Walden, Member Solidarity Organiser, London Renters' Union