Last month an influential select committee announced it would be recommending NRLA proposals on rental reform to the Government.

This month Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee and Labour MP Clive Betts joins presenters NRLA Chief Executive Ben Beadle (@BeadleBen) and Richard Blanco (@richardblanco_)  to explain why the plans – on everything from court reform to a review of landlord ­ tax – are so vital when it comes to reforming the sector.

During a wide-ranging discussion he criticises the lack of a proper strategy for the PRS, arguing that the Government 'should be clearer about what they see as the long-term role of the private rented sector', concluding 'good landlords are important' to the provision of rented housing that so many people need.

With Ministers committed to ending Section 21 repossessions, Betts agrees with the NRLA that there is a 'great danger' the Government’s proposed changes will not work without proper court reform to speed up legitimate possession cases. 

He also brands controversial changes to Mortgage Interest Relief, brought in by former Chancellor George Osborne ‘unfair’.

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