Department for Communities consultation - Intermediate Rent

Intermediate Rent

Intermediate Rent could, in the future, be a housing option for people who want to rent but are unlikely to be able to get social housing or who are trying to save to buy their own home.

The rent would be more than you would pay for social housing but less than you would pay to a private landlord. The time period you sign up to rent would be longer than a typical private rental, but not for the very long-term.

Intermediate Rent is also referred to as ‘affordable rent’, ‘mid-market rent’, and ‘cost rental’ in other places. Models of this kind have been working across the UK and Ireland for some time but have yet to be provided in the housing market here.

DfC wants to know what you think!  

The Department has summarised why we need Intermediate Rent homes, and how they might operate in proposals for public consultation. 

You can view the proposals, and some supporting documents on the Department for Communities website:

• Consultation on Intermediate Rent Development of Policy and Model

If you want to respond, there is a link on the consultation page to allow you to tell them what you think of the proposals.