Housing and homelessness
Rent-Move-Repeat: A Participatory Action Research Project on the Challenges of Renting in London as a Young Person
Toynbee Hall · 2021
About this report
This participatory action research report explores the challenges faced by young private renters aged 18–30 in East London, conducted by 23 peer researchers who were themselves young renters. Key findings show that young renters frequently lack knowledge of their legal rights, face financial pressure from high rents (over half spent more than half their income on rent), and experience poor conditions, unfair evictions, and deposit disputes. The report co-designs practical recommendations with landlords, including a renters' rights website/app and investment in ethical property management agencies.
Research details
- Methodology
- SurveyInterviewParticipatoryMixed methods
- Sample size
- 80
- Sample
- Young private renters aged 18–30 in East London, recruited via local organisations and networks
- Locality
- East London / Tower Hamlets
- Place
- London
- Youth involvement
- Co-produced
- Funder
- The Berkeley Foundation