Emma Reynolds MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Minister, responding to the Joseph Rowntree report on private renting, said:

“This report shows that for many people the prospect of a decent home at a price they can afford is slipping out of reach.

“To tackle this crisis we need to build many more homes but David Cameron has presided over the lowest levels of house building in peacetime since the 1920s and has refused to stand-up for Generation Rent. The Tories have no plan to tackle the housing crisis.

“Labour has a plan to get 200,000 homes built a year by 2020 and get a fairer deal for private renters by legislating for longer stable tenancies with predictable rents and a ban on letting agent fees to tenants.”