A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a leading expert says.
Kate Faulkner – who runs the Propertychecklists consultancy and works extensively for the Which? consumer group and bodies and agencies in the lettings sector – has given her backing to the latest report by academics Julie Rugg and David Rhodes, issued this week.
“I am delighted that this much needed report is now in the open. I hope very much that it will encourage more sensible content and conversations from the industry, government and tenant groups, reported in a balanced way in the media – all of which will ultimately benefit the key consumer in this market: renters” Faulkner says.