rent controls
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Regulation & Law
Mayor reveals £400K to help tenants “hold letting agents to account”
Initiative is timed to help renters defend their rights once the Renters Rights' Bill goes live on May 1 and comes with a poll suggesting 75% of tenants in London support rent controls.
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Associations & Bodies
London Renters Union organises nationwide demonstration calling for rent controls
The London Renters Union is calling on campaigners to join the demonstration on April 18.
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Regulation & Law
Green Party leader calls for mayors to be given rent control powers
Zack Polanski says the UK must learn lessons from where rent controls have and haven’t worked.
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Regulation & Law
Bring in rent controls or risk electoral backlash, Labour warned
Generation Rent tells Labour it risks losing traditionally safe urban seats if it continues to resist caps on rent increases.
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Regulation & Law
RENT CONTROLS: As Scotland and New York go for it, focus turns on London
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected on a pledge to 'freeze the rent', and Scotland is introducing rent control areas, will London follow suit?
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Regulation & Law
Campaigning group turns focus to rent controls after eviction reform success
Tenant activist group says Renters' Rights Act is good but fails to address affordability crisis.
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Regulation & Law
Senior North East councillor demands rent caps in addition to RRB
Gateshead councillor Catherine Donovan says only rent controls will stop rogue landlords hiking prices after tenants complain.
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Regulation & Law
Scottish law-makers warned to ‘tread carefully’ on new rent controls
Timothy Douglas of Propertymark says the Scottish Government must set out how exemptions to a new rent cap will be applied.
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Rental market
Mayor renews push for rent control powers in London
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has made rent caps in the Capital his top priority in talks with the Government.
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Regulation & Law
Greens says tenants should not pay rent if repairs not done
Ariane Burgess of the Scottish Greens wants tenants to be able to hold back rent if repairs are not carried out and has tabled an amendment to the Housing (Scotland) Bill.
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