By Rick de Blaby Renters need more rights, but scrapping minimum tenancy terms would leave landlords unable to stop their properties being used for holiday lets, party flats or worse, says Rick de Blaby Let’s be really clear – residents who rent their homes deserve essential protections against exploitation. An efficient, transparent and professional rental market should offer benefits for both investor and occupant, but the mismatch in supply and demand has, at the margins allowed poor landlord behaviour to flourish to the detriment of the quality of homes and the security and provision to wh…