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By Sophie Smith personal finance reporter

Landlords are being unfairly blamed for the housing crisis, according to a hard-hitting report seen exclusively by Telegraph Money, which has called for a major overhaul of the way properties, particularly rental homes, are taxed.

The report argues that landlords are being “discriminated against” compared with owner-occupiers, as some will face an effective tax rate of more than 100pc after 2021, when tough new rules fully take effect.

Reforming the way landlords are taxed was the brainchild of former chancellor George Osborne. Between 2017 and 2021, the once favourable tax regime is being replaced with much stricter rules. But don't give up yet: try these four tricks to beat the crippling tax rises.

According to the Residential Landlords Association, one in four buy-to-let investors intends to sell at least one property in the next year because of the Government’s tightening of the tax rules. So should they invest instead in a new type of property fund that will take away all the trouble of managing tenants, offer better tax breaks and deliver better returns? Jonathan Jones looks at the pros and cons of special type of fund called a real estate investment trust (Reit).

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