Miliband Drags Private Renting Into the 21st Century At Last

Ed Miliband rides to the rescue of ‘Generation Rent’ – taking the boldest of steps and bringing together a number of Labour’s big themes – by promising thorough reform of the private rented sector. For years now, people have been saying ‘something must be done’ about the private rented sector, and now ‘something’ is on the agenda. It’s the right thing to do, it’s audacious, it’s imaginative, and it’s not before time. And it will come under sustained attack from the Tories and from the less enlightened end of the landlord lobby. Already the lead Tory buffoon Grant Shapps has called it ‘Venezuela-style’. He has apparently never heard of Germany or Ireland, where rules similar to these have been successful and led to a much more stable private rented sector. Read more on the Red Brick blog.