Private landlords gain £26.7bn from UK taxpayer, says campaign group

Generation Rent says private landlords benefit from subsidies worth the equivalent of £1,000 for every household in the country

Private landlords are benefiting from subsidies worth the equivalent of £1,000 for every household in the UK, the campaign group Generation Rent has claimed, with tax breaks and housing benefit bolstering their gains from house price increases.

Figures shared with the Guardian by the group suggest landlords could be gaining as much as £26.7bn a year from the taxpayer, equal to £1,011 each for the country’s 26.4m households.

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