Hello.
Private landlord here.
Wherever there is Government money (actually taxpayers money) there is a grab effect.
None more so than the absolute machine which is immigration which is fuelling much of the property management and legal system. That is a phenomenal cash machine which is all going to the private sector. NGOs doing very well.out of it as well btw
On normal social housing, the reason the private market is involved at all is because there is not enough social housing, or actually enough housing at all.
More people means more houses, if you don't build houses prices go up.
Reduce or hold populations and prices reduce or track steady.
If prices go up then so must rents as mortgages need to be paid.
A landlord is not going to rent to the council for social housing on a low return, the capital would be better used elsewhere. Commercial landlords have bills to pay like any other company, private landlords have tax to pay, pensions to support and families to feed.
The margins are wafer thin, and the latest tax raid is making so many people sell up or get out.
Near me two guys are disposing 9 properties, it is now pointless.
Thats nine less properties for people who want to rent or need to rent, eg young professionals moving between jobs.
A sensible government, of which there hasn't been one for decades, would ensure that population growth is managed, house building / planning system is commensurate, social housing is modeled on need and incentives for a fluid housing market are in place.