“What a mess — this is the result of years of not just a lack of strategic housing policy, but a lack of care from this government for its population”

Graham Cox, founder of Self-Employed Mortgage Hub:

“Rents continue to surge to astronomical levels, driven by a mass exodus of landlords from the PRS, a lack of social housing and unaffordable house prices.

“What a mess — this is the result of years of not just a lack of strategic housing policy, but a lack of care from this government for its population."