rent controls
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Regulation & Law
Influential think tank proposes rent controls offset by landlord tax concessions
Allowing landlords to deduct full mortgage interest costs from tax would prevent a sell-off, Joseph Rowntree Foundation claims.
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Regulation & Law
Tenants hit ‘cost of rent day’ in May
Generation Rent Chief Executive Ben Twomey is demanding ministers “slam on the brakes” as soaring rents swallow more of tenants’ income.
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Rental market
Housing Minister says Government is not looking at rent controls
"We are not looking at rent controls," Housing Minister Steve Reed confirmed to Times Radio this week, contradicting earlier reports attributed to Rachel Reeves.
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Rental market
Rent freeze plan causes “alarm” in property industry
Timothy Douglas at Propertymark says it is "alarming" to hear the Chancellor wants to introduce rent controls.
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Housing Market
Chancellor looks to bring in rent controls as cost of living soars
It is reported that Reeves and her fellow Cabinet ministers are alarmed by inflationary pressures caused by the Iran war.
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Regulation & Law
Rent control campaigners march in central London
Day of protest sees tenant groups and unions come together to demand an end to “soaring rents”.
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Regulation & Law
Government restates opposition to rent controls in clear split with Greens
Greens and Labour clash over rent policy, with Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook claiming caps would make life more difficult for renters.
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Rental market
Rent controls in Wales, party manifesto reveals
Leader of the Wales Green Party, Antony Slaughter, says its election manifesto has outlined how rents would be frozen for a year.
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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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