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Regulation & Law
Not AGAIN! London Mayor makes rent controls key election pledge
Sadiq Khan has once again called on Ministers to give him rent controlling powers despite knowing neither a Tory nor Labour government is likely to ever do it.
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Big thumbs up from letting agents following Government’s rejection of rent controls
Propertymark says the Government's criticisms of rent freezes or caps is right, and that the priority is to increase supply not control rents.
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Failed! Rents rocket despite ‘cap’ in Scotland, new figures show
Data from portal Citylets reveals a 10% rental increase for the third successive quarter.
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Call for two-year rent freeze as London rents ‘spiral out of control’
London Mayor Sadiq Khan warns that out-of-control rents are increasing risk of homelessness as 160,000 Londoners fall behind with payments.
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£10k fight to stop rent cap and eviction moratorium in Scotland
Landlords and agents are urged to back a crowdfunding effort to fund a judicial review against the country's damaging rental sector policies.
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Government turns down another plea for rent freeze
Housing minister Felicity Buchan also said the Government still has not date for publication of expected Renters' Reform Bill.
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Agencies & People
Renters picket six London letting agents, forcing some to close
London Renters Union demands a rent freeze and says estate agents including Foxtons are “gouging rents well above inflation”.
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Regulation & Law
Landlord joy as Welsh parliament puts kibosh on rent freeze
Labour refuses to back Plaid Cymru calls for rent freeze that could have saved families from eviction.
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Scottish letting agents brace for ‘rushed’ rental regulations
Legislation is expected to be passed in just three days this week that will allow the controversial rent freeze and eviction bans to be implemented by Thursday.
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Property industry senior says rent freezes will be ‘very difficult’ to enforce
Isobel Thomson, Safeagent’s chief executive feels that the move may have unintended consequences and lead to 'perverse outcomes'.
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