New paper highlights opportunity and need for institutional capital to address Europe’s housing crisis

INREV’s latest research sets out the position of European intermediary private rented sector (PRS) in the wider housing market landscape. Our new paper, ‘’Housing middle income Europe: the intermediary investment opportunity amid diverse residential market structures’’ highlights a clear opportunity – and need – for institutional capital to greatly contribute to Europe’s housing solution.

Key highlights:

• Most countries have fallen behind in their housing targets, with surplus demand from social and cost-rental housing directed towards the PRS. Almost 11% of all households in cities and 38% of households earning 60% or less of median income in the EU are overburdened by housing costs.
• Amid rising unmet needs, affordability will remain under pressure until supply accelerates faster than demand and begins to erode the housing shortfall.
• In some countries, there is potential for a significant recalibration of existing housing tenures and an extended range of purposes for the PRS. Yet, current challenging market conditions and regulatory change are creating multiple headwinds for institutional investors seeking to deploy capital in the sector.
• By creating models that harness institutional capital, short-term public intervention has the potential to enable the sector to be self-sustaining – and affordable – over the long term.

Download the full paper and infographic below.