Research by the National Residential Landlords Association reveals that of those private landlords who have served a repossession notice, half have done so because of a tenant’s anti-social or criminal behaviour.
The data shows that of this group of landlords no less than 84 per cent have not received any assistance in tackling such behaviour from their local authority.
Some 75 per cent did not have any help from the police while 67 per cent had either always, or sometimes, faced problems gathering evidence or support from neighbours or fellow tenants to address the behaviour of anti-social tenants.