Labour launches major review of private rental sector

Of course renting should be geared towards what the renter wants, they are your customer, I rent and your the seller am im the customer, try remembering that

@David; ok let’s go with your theory that I’m the seller (landlord) and you’re the customer (tenant). Labour come in and I the seller no longer want to supply the product (housing). What are you the customer (tenant) going to do?
It’s beyond me why you can’t see for you to have better conditions / housing / level of rent etc etc you need more choice and in order to have that you NEED landlords to be in the market and for that you need their conditions attractive enough, try remembering that…

@David
You're entitled to want whatever you like. Watch out for the consequences though.
It's worthy of note that Shelter, Mick Lynch & similar banging these particular drums will result in one thing - mass exit of landlords from the PRS. With no social housing to fall back on this will inevitably end with a homelessness crisis.
Blame those who actually *are* to blame - current and previous governments who took actions such as selling off social housing, not replacing lost social housing stock, driving up the cost of mortgages, endless legislative attacks on private landlords that drive up their costs (whilst ignoring the massive failings of social housing!) and therefore rents etc etc etc. The smoke screen of demonising private landlords is very effective at deterring people from examining the actual causes and apportioning blame correctly, don't be sucked in.

I understand your points fully - it has to be balanced, however give a choice of blue or red I'd rather sell a BTL and reinvest elsewhere than allow the current lot run this country into the ground.
Housing crisis, health crisis, fuel crisis, energy crisis, cost of living crisis and now I think we have to add pot-hole crisis. They are not doing a very good job lets face it.

Whats the point in asking landlords, they want to do as they wish with no rules or taxes, renters your customers demand respect and rights

We can but hope.

I take it you are a tenant or from that side based on your comments…… maybe try and see both sides of the fence before making silly Uni comments….. you keep referring to tenants as customers and should be treated as such….. to have customers would infere landlord’s are running businesses and yet are not treated that way.

This article regarding labour is what I’ve been waiting for, final nail in coffin for my elderly, long standing and lovely tenants as I can’t trust some of the backbencher ideas, like if a landlord sells they must pay a certain amount back to tenant depending on how long they’ve rented there…… I’m out whilst I can and I’ll watch the chaos that follows

David, let's assume you own a business, a greengrocers maybe. You rent your premises and buy your stock with a view to making a living. Then someone in government comes along and tells you to give away the stock. You still have overheads, but now no profits, would you remain as a greengrocer or give up?

The PRS isn't new, it has been around forever. Various stats show that property conditions in the PRS are generally better than social housing so I'm not sure what you're basing that comment on.

Yes, rents are generally more expensive, but most Social Housing was built and paid for a long time ago so it doesn't have to cover large borrowing/purchase costs, or providers tend to do land deals with local authorities at a big discount so the overheads on new stock are reduced and they can charge lower rents.

However, there isn't anywhere near enough social housing to go around so the PRS fills the gap. If the PRS wasn't there, would house prices be cheaper? Yes, probably. Does that mean everyone could afford to buy,? No. Furthermore there would still be a huge shortage of housing due to our stupid planning laws.

Unfortunately the government removed the rights of tenants to be considered as "customers" when they enacted the Tenant Fee Ban 2019. The landlord pays a fee, the tenant doesn't so I'm afraid that landlords will always be the client and the priority while that situation continues.
Why should a tenant be treated as a "customer" while landlords are told that they must be a charity and have no rights over their own property. If their investments are considered a business then why are landlords not treated accordingly?

There will be no tenants if there are no houses to rent !!!!

Good point.
Food isn’t a market. It’s a fundamental human right.
Health isn’t a market. It’s a fundamental human right.
Heating isn’t a market. It’s a fundamental human right.
And so on...
Will they amend all of their policies to mirror this quote?

But on the other hand, tenants in mainland Europe generally have much more security. I've lived in France and Germany. In France they offer 3 years minimum tenancies for unfurnished lets and 6 months notice. In Germany the law is very complex and they offer a lot more Indefinite Tenancies, which are akin to our Assured Tenancy. Both countries can offer shorter fixed term lets but that only tends to be in certain circumstances like student lets or if the tenant requests it. The common default is the longer term option.