If the promise of a better private rental sector is to be realised, councils will need new staff as well as stricter rules If the promise of a better private rental sector is to be realised, councils will need new staff as well as stricter rules T enants need rights. Apart from food and water, shelter is the most basic human need and relevant to almost everyone all the time – unlike, say, healthcare, which most people do not use on a daily basis. A rebalancing of the law towards renters and