The private rentals market is broken – especially in London where demand is highest, rents have risen fastest and there can be 20 applicants for every available property.  So what measures at a national and local level could ease the pressure?  And what’s it like on the ground - what happens to would-be renters who are squeezed out, and are rising rents finally attracting a new generation of landlords?  Property commentator Anne Ashworth gets some answers from Winkworth CEO Dominic Agace, Shilpa Bathija of Winkworth Kingsbury and Tom Street, Lettings Director for Shoreditch, Hackney, Highbury and Islington.