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Terms of Reference
REPORT SUMMARY
1 INTRODUCTION
Context
The social rented sector
The private rented sector
Conduct of the inquiry
2 THE EXPERIENCES OF TENANTS
Perceptions of rented housing
Mixed communities
Quality in the private rented sector
Denial of housing to benefit claimants
Housing benefit
Single room rate
Overcrowding and family homes
Definition of overcrowding
Tenant involvement
3 SOCIAL RENTING
Declining stock and increasing backlog
Funding social rented homes
Current policy
Implementation
Construction costs
Unit Costs
Increasing use of planning obligations
More flats, fewer houses
Use of grant support
Commuted payments
Regional patterns
Effects of Right to Buy
Sales of council houses and flats
'Pepper-potting' to achieve mixed communities
Role of social renting within an ageing society
Conclusion: the role of social renting
4 PRIVATE RENTING
Role of the private rented sector: encouraging mobility and choice
Law Commission's recommendations
Growth of private renting and the buy-to-let market
Buy-to-leave
Prospects for further buy-to-let investment
Effect of students and migrants on the private rented sector
Licensing of houses in multiple occupation
Regulation
5 HOUSING PROVIDERS
Social renting
Regulation of social housing
Role of local authorities
Housing Revenue Account
Surplus public sector land and 'infilling'
Coordinating management of homes
Role of housing associations
Effect of rent restructuring on provision of new housing80
Use of assets81
Role of housing associations in providing further services to the community
Worklessness, benefits and the role of social landlords
Choice-based lettings
Cost of housing benefit
Temporary-to-settled schemes
Private rented sector
Larger institutional investment
Tax reform
6 CONCLUSION
LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEX: SUMMARY OF VISITS UNDERTAKEN
Summary of the Committee's visit to Regent's Park and North Kensington, London, 6 March 2007
Summary of the Committee's visit to Manchester, 12 and 13 March 2007
Summary of the Committee's visit to the Netherlands, 27-28 March 2007
FORMAL MINUTES
WITNESSES
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE
REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE DURING THE CURRENT AND PREVIOUS SESSIONS MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 457-II) Tuesday 12 December 2006 Monday 15 January 2007 Monday 22 January 2007 Monday 5 February 2007 Monday 19 March 2007 Monday 16 April 2007 Thursday 19 April 2007 WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 457-II)