Claim: Most renters live in homes that have been purchased with a buy-to-let mortgage
Fact-check: Most renters do not live in buy-to-let properties - Full Fact
Verdict: this claim is technically incorrect, as it holds true only for the private rented sector, not for overall rentals. when social renters are included in the total, around a third of renters live in buy-to-let properties.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Tony Thompson
Date published: 2023-07-11T00:00:00