The warning comes amid a highly competitive rental market with data from Zoopla showing that there are now an average of 12 renters chasing every available home to rent.

Newly released data has highlighted an ongoing shortage of homes to rent in the PRS.

The National Residential Landlords Association has highlighted the pressures councils are already under ahead of the Renters' Rights Bill.

The number of households in the private rented sector at risk of homelessness due to landlords selling up has increased by a third since the end of last year.

Plans for a database of private rented properties risk providing little help to tenants unless it includes meaningful information, warn landlords.

Decisions made in last month's Autumn Statement will further stifle supply in the rental market, according to the landlord association.

With demand continuing to outstrip supply, record high rents, and challenges surrounding energy efficiency, both landlords and tenants will be paying close attention to the...

The new partnership will see NRLA members gain access to useful tools they need to be able to retrofit their properties and improve their energy efficiency

The NRLA is warning that allowing tenants to build yet more arrears will make it impossible for many to pay them off.

The move would also be a 'disaster' for tenants, according to newly released research.