Landlords have hit back at claims made by Shelter overnight, suggesting that one in seven private tenants in the UK have had their rents increased in the past month alone.
The Shelter claim – which is based on unspecified research by the charity – has drawn a detailed response from Chris Norris, policy director for the National Residential Landlords Association.
He says: “At a time when inflation is so high and landlord costs are rapidly increasing, the latest official data shows that average private rents across the UK have gone up by 3.4 per cent over the last twelve months.
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