Proposals by the Treasury to hand greater powers to the
Bank of England to make access to buy to let lending harder risks choking off
the supply of new housing, say the Residential Landlords Association. They are
arguing that the consultation, coming on top of extra tax payments by landlords
and stamp duty increases on buy to let properties, has the potential to cut off
investment in the private rented sector. According to government figures 83% of
all new dwellings created between 1996 and 2013 were private homes to rent.
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