Media factsheet: JRF sets out state of the private rental market

Wednesday, 17 May 2023 09:06

As the Renters' (Reform) Bill is brought to Parliament, the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation has responded to claims that there has been an ‘exodus’ of landlords from the private rented sector in anticipation of the Bill.  It has been argued that the imminent regulation of Section 21 or ‘no-fault’ evictions, along with tax changes made in 2016 by George Osborne that hit landlord profit margins, are combining to drive landlords out of the market. This has...Request free trial