The RLA currently runs a managing rent arrears course. Younger people are encountering difficulties in renting properties as they become more reluctant to let properties to students because of fears about rent arrears , independent research commissioned by the Residential Landlords Association and carried out by Sheffield Hallam University has found . Of landlords who let to under-35s , 79 % stated the high risk of rent arrears as the reason for reducing the number of tenants in that age bracket . Two - thirds of tenants were uncomfortable with letting on housing benefit or universal credit , and 44 % were unwilling to let to students .
Younger people are encountering difficulties in renting properties as they become more reluctant to let properties to students because of fears about rent arrears , independent research commissioned by the Residential Landlords Association and carried out by Sheffield Hallam University has found . Of landlords who let to under-35s , 79 % stated the high risk of rent arrears as the reason for reducing the number of tenants in that age bracket . Two - thirds of tenants were uncomfortable with letting on housing benefit or universal credit , and 44 % were unwilling to let to students .