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The level of rents do affect the less affluent so I completely agree with you. As the owner of one small flat in central Brighton I am not really relaxed with the basic concept of taking money from someone in return for a roof over their head. I do it because I need to have that income but I...

No, as I implied it was only a guess that most landlords are small scale individuals with one or two properties but I could be wrong. You're right about increases in property values but they don't help pay any owner's bills (and for a landlord, capital gains are heavily taxed). With respect...

Let's just be clear that not all rents are out of control and not all private landlords are rapacious profiteers - I'd imagine that most own one or two properties and simply want to get a return on their savings that is a reasonable fraction of the return a public sector worker gets on his...