Caroline Lucas tables Early Day Motion calling for rent controls in England
Eight MPs have signed the motion demanding better legislation to protect renters from the housing crisis
Eight MPs have signed the motion demanding better legislation to protect renters from the housing crisis
‘If a landlord wants to sell the property, or move themselves or a family member into it, they should be required to compensate the tenant for the loss of their home.’
The Mayor is consulting on a new housing strategy for the capital. Rent controls have to form part of that, say the London Housing Campaign.
The private rented sector offers flexibility to landlords but very little stability for tenants, writes Tom Copley.
Ed Miliband will today announce plans to cap excessive rent increases and give tenants greater security over tenancies.
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Do you want to wait thirty years until house prices are at affordable levels again? I doubt many priced out renters in the capital would be happy to put up with the status quo for that long, but that could be the prospect if we just rely on building more homes to solve the housing crisis.
In a follow-up to their 2011 report In the Black Labour, Graeme Cooke, Adam Lent, Anthony Painter and Hopi Sen reaffirm their commitment to fiscal conservatism.
“Build build build. We must build more homes.”
Any politician who came out with such a statement would be greeted with near universal applause. Build them and they will clap.