The emergence of a Build to Rent model

The role of narratives and discourses

Bibliographic Data

ID4138865
AuthorsFrances Brill (0000-0002-5438-7605, The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK, corresponding author), Daniel Durrant (0000-0002-5456-4106, The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK)
Year2021
Volume53
Issue5
Pages1140-1157
Publication date2021-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0308518x20969417
OpenAlexW3122707859
LanguageEN
Citations received47
References cited35

This paper analyses 'Build to Rent' (BTR), a new form of tenure in London's housing market. We examine the ways in which private and public sector actors have shaped the context of BTR's emergence, and developed a model for delivery in London. We argue they relied on and constructed narratives of negativity about the private rental sector, which were juxtaposed with their product to position BTR as a solution to part of London's housing crisis. Building on this, and leveraging an emerging but supportive institutional context, real estate professionals have adapted a US model to the UK. We argue that both the narrative-generating activities and the model development reveal tensions, which help theorise the ways new models of financing housing emerge

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Estate · Narrative · Negativity effect · Political science · Private sector · Public relations · Real estate · Rental housing · Renting · Sociology · History · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology · Finance

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