Private Sector Housing and Health

This book is an evaluation of the effectiveness of housing enforcement and tenant protection in England's private rented sector using policy analysis to evaluate regulatory provisions and local authority guidance to identify the advantages and limitations of existing policies.

Paul Oatt is Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner with over 20 years' experience in local government housing regulation up to the management level. He qualified with a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Health from Middlesex University and an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Paul is currently a doctoral student at Middlesex University and works part-time as a course trainer and lecturer in the subjects of environmental health and public health. Also, he tutors at the University of Greenwich. He is the author of Selective Licensing: The Basis for a Collaborative Approach to Addressing Health Inequalities (2019).

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Eviction and Its Health Effects The Effectiveness of Housing Policy Development The Unintended Effects of Housing Policy Implementation Housing Policy, Social Inequalities and Equitability. Housing Policy, Cost and Implementation Housing Policy Implementation, Feasibility and Acceptability Reforming the Private Rented Sector Index