Welcome to the Private Rented Sector Website

This website is a gateway to information on the private rented sector in the UK. It collects the cumulative knowledge and experience of organisations that work with the private rented sector to prevent and tackle homelessness.
 
Latest on the private rented sector from Crisis
 
DWP has reissued its guidance on paying Local Housing Allowance direct to landlords. The new guidance gives more weight to evidence given by homelessness prevention and PRS access schemes.  Find out more about the new safeguarding guidance.
 
Crisis has developed a set of key principles for private rented sector access schemes in conjunction with an expert group of stakeholders representing central and local government, the homeless sector, private sector landlords and tenants.
 
Shelter and Crisis will be launching a new three-year study into the well-being and housing sustainability for vulnerable tenants in the private rented sector in April 2010 after being awarded a Big Lottery grant.