[claytonender]

The number of people who are waiting to rent property, in itself shows how many people require social housing in Hyndburn. I find it quite unacceptable that there are people who are exploiting the need for rented accomodation in the borough by charging exorbitant rents for very substandard accomodation. In a low wage area like this it is surely obvious that we need much more affordable (and decent) low cost rented accomodation.
After all, it is the taxpayers of this country (through Hosing Benefits), who are providing the 'bad' private landlords, who charge inflated rents, with a very good profit.