Landlord Action said that increasing numbers of buy-to-let landlords are feeling the financial pressure of rising rent arrears and are becoming less understanding than they have in the past.

The founder of Landlord Action, Paul Shamplina, said that a combination of record high rents and government changes to Local Housing Allowances are resulting in an increasing number of tenants falling into arrears.

He said: “Unfortunately, where landlords may have once been more lenient, they can no longer afford to be, especially with the knowledge that they could readily rent to someone else who can afford the payments.”

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