have than they could afford, you will have landlords assessing the ability of a potential tenant to sustain the tenancy. of a potential tenant to sustain the tenancy, and hopefully choosing one that has tenancy, and hopefully choosing one that has the lowest risk, that is most that has the lowest risk, that is most likely to sustain, rather than ust most likely to sustain, rather than just pushing up rents. i think at the moment, landlords are looking to cover the moment, landlords are looking to cover their the moment, landlords are looking to cover their costs and retain their n1argin. cover their costs and retain their margin, this is not an environment that is margin, this is not an environment that is driving greed or runaway increases that is driving greed or runaway increases. it isjust trying to cover increases. it isjust trying to cover costs. increases. it is ust trying to cover costs. increases. it is ust trying to cover costs. . ., cover costs. some are ca
all done, food cooked. it s all good! colletta smith, bbc news, in salford. joining me now is chris norris, policy director at the national residential landlords association. welcome to you. great to have you on the programme. what do you make of the programme. what do you make of the figures, four out of ten young people paying an unaffordable amount of rent? it’s people paying an unaffordable amount of rent? , ., people paying an unaffordable amount ofrent? , .,, ,, , of rent? it s not surprising, it is the result of rent? it s not surprising, it is the result of of rent? it s not surprising, it is the result of the of rent? it s not surprising, it is the result of the rent of rent? it s not surprising, it is the result of the rent they - of rent? it s not surprising, it is the result of the rent they are l the result of the rent they are being the result of the rent they are being asked to pay but, as your package being asked to pay but, as your package mentioned, al
more than 30% of income on rent is unaffordable, and the proportion of young renters grappling with high housing costs is at a five year high. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. no one likes paying rent, but right now, people under 30 like mia are paying through the nose. my tenancy is ending soon and looking for new tenancies is just more and more expensive. it s disheartening because it feels like you re just going to be stuck in rental properties forever, but everyone s in the same position. it s extortionate. what were you paying then? it s 850 between the two of us and also the bills which have absolutely crippled me. i literallyjust moved back home two weeks ago, so there you go. although the data shows the most unaffordable areas for young people are in london, many of the areas that have seen the biggest change are other towns and cities. rotherham, bolton, dudley, slough, salford, walsall, nottingham, trafford and peterborough have seen some of the bigg
break it down by political affiliation. people who say that it caused a great deal of financial hardship, 61% of republicans say that s true. 82% of independents and 21 rachel: 32. pete: 32, excuse me about that. 21% of democrats. when you look at the partisan breakdown of this, why do you think, rachel. rachel: looking at poll, i don t think it is just working poll, they re filing it the most and hardest, i think everybody is feeling it. no matter how you budget your life, it is going to be adjusted unless you re really, really rich by this, by these costs increases. it is going to the grocery store. it is airline tickets, it is everything. i think those little stickers on the gas, on the gas pumps that said you did this with biden on