This is a desperate and urgent time for millions of people.
With runaway inflation, soaring prices on our supermarket shelves and skyrocketing energy bills we are on the verge of the worst social emergency for decades.
Increasing rents have added to the perfect storm of debt and rising costs that almost everyone is experiencing. All across the country there have been appalling stories of landlords hiking rents. Our homes are more than bricks and mortar. They play a key part in shaping our health, wellbeing, and life chances.