Landlords Are an Easy Target for Societies Ills

There was another case highlighted in the papers regarding fantastically high rents been paid out by councils to house tenants.

A family on housing benefit have been placed in a £2 million house in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - at a cost to the taxpayer of more than £91,000 a year.

The council have been paying the landlord £1,755 a week in rent for the property, since last September.

It seems a ludicrous situation to me and one of the governments own making.

What annoys me is the accusation in the article by a Susie Squire, campaign manager for the TaxPayers Alliance, that

'Councils need to work harder to find more affordable housing and we need to stop the greedy landlords.'

Greedy landlords?

This landlord is receiving £91,000 a year on a £2,000,0000 property. Not what I would call a greedy rental amount on such an expensive property.

Do the maths Susie.

Are landlords just an easy target, are we just voiceless voodoo dolls that society can blame for all it's ills?