It's hard work being a tenant. There's a severe shortage of decent rental property in some areas – particularly London – and rents are soaring as a result.
In others, the market has been flooded with amateur landlords who don't understand their responsibilities to the tenant: complaints about damp accommodation, faulty fittings, and arguments about rent and deposits frequently hit the Guardian agony aunts' mailbags.
At the same time, thousands of tenants are facing a cut in housing benefit, as the government introduces caps to the amount people can claim.
Are you struggling to find somewhere to rent? Do you have a problem with your landlord? Do you understand what you are being asked to sign up for?
A panel of experts from Citizens Advice, Countrywide – one of the UK's biggest estate and letting agency groups – and flat sharing website Spareroom will be online on Tuesday from 12.30pm to 1.30pm to give advice.
Please post your questions below.
