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Private Rented Housing: Rents

Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UIN 2569, tabled on 30 July 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to enable local authorities to bring in rent controls for people in the private rented sector.

Answered on

5 September 2024

The Government does not support the introduction of rent controls. We have made clear that we intend to use the Renters’ Rights Bill to provide tenants with greater protections against unreasonable within-tenancy rent increases.

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