Select Committee recognises the need for self-finance to enforce standards in the Private Rented Sector

The Communities and Local Government Select Committee has today published its inquiry into the Private Rented Sector. The report made a number of recommendations about how the sector can be ‘matured’; currently privately renting is the most expensive, the worst in terms of conditions and the most insecure in terms of tenancy contract.

I am incredibly pleased that the Select Committee has