There may be fewer private landlords but they are fleecing us

The number of private landlords in the UK has shrunk to a seven-year low, according to The Independent.

https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2020/02/18/there-may-be-fewer-private-landlords-but-they-are-fleecing-us-more-than-ever/

but something i mentioned on TT's site about poor state rented housing

Figures from the English Housing Survey in 2017 showed that private landlords letting homes that contain a serious hazard or have fallen into a poor state of repair trouser £2.3 billion in housing benefit annually.

Repeated attempts to pass legislation forcing such landlords to honour their responsibilities have failed – and it has been suggested that this is because many Conservative MPs are themselves private landlords.

Repeated attempts to pass legislation forcing such landlords to honour their responsibilities have failed – and it has been suggested that this is because many Conservative MPs are themselves private landlords.

And that is very much where the Problem Lies, "Conflict Of Interest" I think we would find.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-fitness-for-human-habitation-act-2018/guide-for-tenants-homes-fitness-for-human-habitation-act-2018

Not exactly a new act but news to me.