-----the easiest thing to do is to call for rent freezes and bans, indefinite bans. What impact do you think that is going to have on the rental market? That is my point. If you indefinitely extend an eviction ban, you undermine the market. We know already there are people leaving the rental side. The figures are clearly there. There was 21,000 home sales last year involving landlords selling their property while 7,500 were bought by landlords. That means a net loss of 13,500 of the rental stock.

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