Money Tips Daily By Charles Kelly, Former Ifa And Author Of Yes, Money Can Buy You Happiness.

STOP The War On Landlords With the housing and rental crisis getting worse by the day, the UK government must cease its war on private landlords and restore the balance of power. Housing charities, such as Shelter and The Big Issue are calling on the government to end ‘no fault evictions’ and put a cap on rents, all of which is adding to landlord anxiety and causing thousands to quit the buy-to-let market. ·        Almost 1 in 7 had their rent increased in the last month ·        Of the 3.5 million private tenants who had their rent increased over 800,000 saw it rise by more than £100 a month, and nearly 200,000 by more than £300 a month Almost 2.5 million renters are either behind or constantly struggling to pay their rent ·        1 in 3 spend at least half their household income on rent Source: Shelter The government has introduced a raft of new ant-landlord legislation and red tape for private landlords including: ·        Section 24 tax hike on rental businesses holding propertied in individual names ·