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The National Homeowners Association blamed the major political parties for failing to find a solution to the shortage of private rented homes.
Landlord groups said the housing shortage is a key reason rents continue to rise sharply across the market.
Zoopla analysis shows rents rose 6.6% in the year to April, with there being 15 tenants for every vacant property.
Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, said: “The repeated failure to respond to the rental housing supply crisis has left tenants let down.”
“The lack of choice only leads to higher rents and makes it harder for tenants to hold unscrupulous or criminal landlords accountable, given the lack of alternative available housing.”
Rather than focusing on supply, the NRLA appears unhappy with the emphasis on ending section 21 “no-fault” evictions, with the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens all including such measures in their manifestos.
Mr Beadle added: “We will continue to work with the next administration to ensure that an alternative to Section 21 works for the whole industry.”
“But increased safety for renters is pointless if they can’t find a home to rent in the first place.”
Savills has warned that up to one million privately rented homes will be needed across England and Wales by 2031 to meet demand.
The NRLA argued that once Section 21 repossessions end, they must be replaced with a system that realises the Shadow Housing Minister’s belief that “landlords need robust grounds for repossession in legitimate circumstances, and when those grounds are available the system needs to work swiftly”.
Landlords’ groups also called for the 3% stamp duty increase on second home purchases to be scrapped.
Financial consultancy Capital Economics estimates that if this were to happen, it could mean the creation of around 900,000 new long-term rental homes over the next decade.