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Contributor(s): Kath Scanlon, Alex Hilton, Neil Young

Released on 23 February 2015

One of four themes explored by LSE London's project series Housing in London: Addressing the Supply Crisis is Improving Private Renting. As part of our work on this theme, a team of researchers visited two new purpose-built PRS developments in East London on 9 January 2015. This site visit followed an expert roundtable held in December 2014, where sector stakeholders discussed strategies for overcoming barriers to institutional investment in the PRS. Neil Young, Chief Executive of Get Living London, and Alex Hilton, Director of Generation Rent, attended both this workshop and the site visit in January. In this video, Neil and Alex discuss what is new and different about this new kind of PRS supply, and whether we can (and should) expect to see more developments like these across London in the coming years.