There's been a 30 per cent increase in complaints against landlords over the
past year.

More than 85-thousand were made in 2011.

Three in five related to serious or life-threatening hazards - including
dangerous gas or electric. 

Rachel Orr from the housing charity Shelter, which carried out the
investigation, says stricter penalties need to be introduced.

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