Abstract

The Changing Tenure Structure of the Greater London Housing Market, 1961-1981 CHRIS HAMNETf and BILL RANDOLPH HEN the Milner-Holland report on Housing in Greater London was produced in 1965, inner London was predominantly privately rented and one of the central concerns of that report was the frequently appalling conditions prevailing in the privately rented sector. In the subsequent eighteen years a substantial amount of research has been built up on various aspects of London's W housing system, some of which is summarized by Rhodes.! Much of this work has had a distinct policy orientation,2 and has frequently concentrated on one particular sector of the market.3 Where a wider perspective on the various tenures has been adopted, the focus of attention has often been restricted to the individual borough level.4 Where discussion of the interrelationships of different processes of change has occurred there has been little, if any, discussion of the changing structure of the housing market, either socially or tenurially.5 While almost all observers are aware that considerable changes have occurred in London's housing market over the last 10-20 years, there has been little specific discussion of changes in tenure structure, or their possible social impact. 6 Attention has