Housing: Landlords claim rent pressure zones fuelling unfair 'subletting culture’

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Rent Pressure Zones (RPZ) have decreased supply and created a culture of tenants subletting at higher prices, according to one landlord.

Rent Pressure Zones have decreased supply and created a culture of tenants subletting at higher prices, landlords are claiming.

IPOA member Maurice Deverell argued the RPZs have forced landlords to keep rents below market value – while allowing tenants to sublet discreetly for higher prices and bank the profit. The ban prevented landlords from renting out properties without proper sanitary facilities and fire safety standards.

 

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