BTL market IMO is too big to mess around with and ignore.
Despite everything being thrown at it the situation is getting worse for renters.

In my neck of the woods, rent are going up.
The ratio of properties to renters is going down - there are queues a mile long when one comes on the market.
House prices have not really moved - very few sellers.
Around here it seems that homeowners are selling (upsizing) and keeping their BTL investments.
Buyers are on the sidelines with cash at their disposable to push out FTB's.
Developers are snapping up land and sitting on it instead of building.
A new breed of investors are rising - moving in renovating and selling with £40-50k tax free gain.
Any tax increases just get passed on to renters - so this is not working.

That is the financial side.
Now look at the social side.
What % of renters make up the BTL market ?

As a Politician - When you have a fish bowl with fish in it - you cannot break the bowl and expect the fish to survive.
As a BTL Owner - The fish are already in a barrel and easy shoot ! Saviours need to come with a bowl and water to re house any survivors.
As a Lender - We like BTL owners, they are economically good for us, politicians not so good, especially when they just dumped the covid guarantees.

Things are are only going to get worse for renters and Landlords.

Years of stupid policy aimed at winning the votes of the envious are coming to a head.

Years ago the government of the day decided it didn't want to be in the business of building or buying homes to house those that couldn't afford to buy one for themselves.

So they outsourced it to the private sector.

But successive governments, with blue ties and red ties, since have decided that they don't want the private sector to make any profit from providing this service because it upsets voters....which is a problem, given that profit is the private sectors reason for being.

They pushed on with daft policies regardless, culminating in a situation where small time independent landlords are taxed on revenue rather than profit, where paying rent is almost optional because its so difficult to evict anyone or end a contract, and where politicians can just decide to force landlords to spend tens of thousands making properties 'greener' on a whim.

This induced many landlords to think "#### this for a game of cricket' and sell up, removing supply from the market. Those that remained decided that, as a result of the costs/risks highlighted above, that they'd like a lot more rent from their tenants in compensation for the risks. And, given the supply shortage, those tenants don't have much choice.

Now throw higher mortgage Interest rates into the mix, and the aformentioned problems are further exacerbated, as some landlords will go bust due to being over leveraged diminishing supply further, and those that survive will pass those borrowing costs onto renters.

Even if the government, and the opposition, reversed course and said "sorry everyone we'll stop being silly now, we'll let you profit from building, buying and renting out houses". People won't believe them and will be reluctant to enter the BTL game anyway.

So multi generational households, or shopping trolleys and cardboard boxes, here we come. Renters can thank their local member of parliament (who doesn't care anyway. Secretly they don't think peasants should have decent, affordable housing! Not even the ones in red ties!)

The long term, economic and social solution may be for the government taking back control of the housing market by getting back into the business of house building and offering social housing themselves.

However this does not satisfy the short term problem of the mass voting population thinking where they are going to the monies to pay the rent and put food on the table.

So temporary solution is to fall back on "cheap words" and earn a crust whilst the can is kicked further afield to see if the next lot are up to the task of making the tough decision - Likely not given it will cost the politician their vote and their chance to earn a few bob. So best to talk a good game and keep the peasants happy and occupied.

The taxation on landlords is just like VAT, it just gets passed down and consumers generally do not argue with VAT, they simply have no choice but to pay it. But a 1% rise in income tax gets everyone up and armed and ready.

A bit confused.

Are you saying that Labour will generate more Inflation - if so how does it help voters across any spectrum.

Cancel Gilts - do you mean default and then issue more QE in another name

Do more QE - will that not simply just push properties back up and drive it away, not only from the low income level but also middle income level to the far extreme of the uber wealthy - The former need to rent it out to pay the mortgages, the latter just need to sit on it and watch it appreciate.

Also by doing more QE will it not simply arm the wealthy with more firepower to get access to cheap credit without necessarily touching their existing assets.

As for private schools - they are now offering VAT free fees if you pay now and enjoy later. So again the super wealthy with assets create another barrier for anyone with a chance to get in. What needs to happen here is the other way round, forget mickey mouse courses and qualifications and focus on higher standards instead of inclusivity nonsense IMO.