Politicians have been urged to take the concerns of
tenants more seriously after research indicated that more than 100 MPs –
including some in safe Tory seats – will represent renter-dominated constituencies
in coming years. By 2021, assuming current trends continue, the number of MPs
representing areas in which more people live in social housing or privately
rented accommodation than own their own homes will have risen to 107 – from 65
in 2011 and 38 in 2001. Seats with high numbers of rental properties have
traditionally been inner-city Labour strongholds, but the steep rise in house
prices is changing the profile of middle-class areas once full of
owner-occupiers. Read more on the Independent website.
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