rent controls
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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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Regulation & Law
Last-ditch bid to save rent controls launched by Greens
Maggie Chapman of the Green Party in Scotland is pressing the SNP Government to keep current rent measures in place, and to ban evictions in the winter.
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Regulation & Law
‘Why do landlords need so much money’, ask protestors
The London Renters Union (LRU) staged a rally in central London this weekend to demand an end to ever-rising rents.
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Regulation & Law
‘People-power ‘group clamours for South of England rent cap
Acorn’s Brighton Branch Chair Keziah Hall went on BBC Radio Sussex to add their voice to growing calls for rent controls in Brighton and Bristol.
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Rental market
Estate agents slam new Scottish rent cap proposal
Propertymark says that imposing a rent cap between tenancies doesn't give landlords any incentive to improve their properties.
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