Landlords, letting agents and student groups have hit out at the growing crisis facing Cardiff's rental market with properties being sold off and more than 100 people fighting to secure every home listed.
Landlords say recent rule changes are driving up rent and harming tenants desperately looking for accommodation, while a leading student group say there is not enough housing to meet growing demand.
Various lettings agents in the capital have added that the new regulations are causing a "supply crisis" and those on the market are at higher rents. One landlord, Dave Watkins, who rents several Cardiff properties to postgraduates and young professionals, said: "What we're seeing right now is the upshot of what happens if you over-regulate and over-tax the private rental sector."
