Comments by "Zetectic" (@zetectic7968) on "Labour should be capping rent increases" video.

  1. Not sure this would work as the problem is two-fold: too many private rental properties; for too long in the past every-time a private landlord increased the rent the housing benefit went up as well( until the Tories stopped this leap frog ). What is needed is a multi-pronged approach. Assess fair rents for an area that is published; stop landlords increasing rents unless the property meets energy efficiency & prompt repair standards, deals properly with vermin infestations etc. Build more social housing (including low-rise blocks of flats & terraced housing) that is not available for "right-to-buy". Lastly end the obsession that home-ownership is the only game in town, that renting is only for the very young (until they get on the property ladder) and losers.
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