Green Party Leader Under Attack For Demonising
Private Rented Sector Landlords
The leader of the Green Party, Natalie Bennett has attracted a great deal of criticism after she attacked buy-to-let landlords operating in the private rented sector (PRS) blaming them for helping to cause the UK’s housing crisis.
Ms Bennett cited extremely high […]
Green Party Leader Blames Landlords For UK Housing Crisis
Green Party Leader Under Attack For Demonising
Private Rented Sector Landlords
The leader of the Green Party, Natalie Bennett has attracted a great deal of criticism after she attacked buy-to-let landlords operating in the private rented sector (PRS) blaming them for helping to cause the UK’s housing crisis.
Ms Bennett cited extremely high rental returns for landlords with property in the UK private rental sector in the recent television debate between the opposition leaders.
She referred to a report published by the Wriglesworth Consultancy and lenders Landbay stating that there had been a 1,400% return for buy-to-let landlords since 1996.
But the report’s authors suggested that the calculations and methodology involved were far more complex than the Green Party leader had portrayed.
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