Housing market is not structured for Joe Soap

Since September 2013, the consumer price index for private rents has risen by 20%. By comparison, the CPI for local authority rents and the index for most other items have both tended to be steady.

It makes a mockery of economic cycles to maintain that rent reviews must always be “upward only”.

Which party’s election manifesto will promise to hold a referendum to amend the constitution to control the dark forces of the private market for the common good of all citizens?