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Still, not all landlords are worried about supply restrictions.

The law needs to do more to prevent price shocks for tenants during periods of high inflation while ensuring landlords can recoup the costs of managing their properties.

By the same date, unsafe cladding in buildings over 11 metres should either be fixed or have a date for completion, otherwise landlords will face penalties.

John Dowie was described in accounts as "the sleekest and kindest of landlords".

A landlord said she was left facing a bill of thousands of pounds and with an office painted in light blue political colours after a tenancy dispute with Reform UK.