Regulating the Privately Rented Housing Sector

Jill Stewart has worked in housing for over 30 years, as practitioner then academic in London Universities. She has published numerous books and papers and presented widely in the field, working with others on a range of funded projects. She co-created an innovative post graduate CPD course with Russell Moffatt in Advanced Private Sector Housing Regulation to help develop the workforce. The second edition of her book Environmental Health and Housing was co-authored with Zena Lynch and published in 2018.Russell Moffatt is a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner specialising in private housing regulation and has worked on the frontline in London for 20 years. He qualified with a B.Sc. (Hons) Environmental Health at Greenwich University in 2002 and achieved his Masters in Public Health at King’s College, London in 2006. Russell is a cofounder of Metastreet Ltd and co-created a post graduate CPD course with Dr Jill Stewart in Advanced Private Sector Housing Regulation.

• 1. Introduction to understanding the private rented sector 2. The Private Rented Sector and the Meaning of Home 3. Perspectives on the regulatory framework and intervention 4. Partnerships of prevention: beyond regulation 5. Practical Problems Before the Courts and Tribunals 6. The Shadow Private Rented Sector Examined 7. Making more effective intervention choices 8. The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS): a practitioner’s perspective 9. Regulating Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) 10. Housing Act 2004 Property Licensing Schemes 11. Advanced regulatory skills and practical evidence gathering 12. Embedding Research on Public Health and Housing into Practice 13. Developing Effective PRS Regulatory Strategies