- 05 August 2026
UK cities are running out of decent rental homes for working families — and pension capital can help fill the gap
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- 05.08.26
The numbers are stark. An estimated 560,000 homes have left the private rented sector since 2016, social housebuilding has never recovered from its 1970s decline, and house prices in England and Wales now stand at almost eight times average earnings.
The families caught in the middle — too well-off for social housing, unable to buy — are increasingly left with older, fragmented private rentals in areas of high demand.
Aviva Investors argues this gap represents a structural opportunity: edge-of-centre urban sites, developed with local authority partners, delivering professionally managed family housing with long-term rental growth and predictable income.
Their Liverpool case study is worth examining closely.
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