Private Renting Sector Unfair To Tenants, Poll Finds

As families and children in privately rented homes soar, a new report urges a rethink to make housing more stable and affordable. The research, which included focus groups of both tenants and landlords, represents efforts by IPPR from Sky Data to gain a better understanding of the private rented sector, developing policy options for reform. According to investigations, more than seven in 10 of all privately rented houses are owned by individuals and couples, with 78% of ‘amateur’ landlords renting out a single home. Download the report from the IPPR website.

https://www.ippr.org/research/publications/the-case-for-reforming-private-renting

Mansion Tax: More than A Third of People Think It's Unfair

A new poll by Rightmove indicates that nearly four in ten people think Labour’s proposal for a ‘mansion tax’ would be unfair tax to impose. Rightmove data shows that less than one per cent of all properties currently on the market on Rightmove are priced at over £2million - the suggested cut-off mark -  and of those nearly three quarters are in London, and one in six in the South East. Read more on the Rightmove website.