Shelter Scaremongering Again

Citing a “record rise” in the number of calls Shelter’s helpline has taken from tenants it says that the number of callers at risk of losing their home has doubled over two years to 7,600. Whilst the Residential Landlords Association believes it is unacceptable and wrong for tenants to be living in fear, public policy cannot be based on a distorted sense of the problem. Shelter will only ever hear from tenants in the minority of cases where things go wrong and therefore fail to see the bigger picture. This shows:

·         the 7,600 calls referred to by Shelter equate to just 0.08 per cent of tenants.

·         83% of tenants in the private rented sector are satisfied with their properties compared to 81% in the social sector.

·         Just 9 per cent of tenancies in the private rented sector are ended by the landlord

Read more on the RLA website.