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The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2024
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Early on:
were how landlords were put out of business the first time. Not regulation, but economic levers that made renting out property unprofitable.
Presumably, these levers still exist and can be pulled. It's mentioned right after that the Thatcher administration worked to undo these effects, but the article moved on without further discussing how in detail.
Rent controls for private rents can be tricky. Sometimes it leads to money paid under the counter on top of rent, which is of course undesirable in a few ways. But having publicly owned (municipal etc) rental properties are an easier way to push rents down. But that also has a lot of trickiness in it.