Rent Controls in London

Rent Controls Ah, it is silly season again and the old chestnut of rent controls is back in the news. It is a topic we have written about a lot, most recently here: https://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/2014/05/rent-controls/ Jeremy Corbyn has proposed that under Labour, councils could be given powers to control what he calls “skyrocketing rents”. He will be thinking especially of some form […]

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London Assembly Calls for Longer Term Tenancies

At LettingFocus we are pleased to see our evidence to the London Assembly on the private rented sector was accepted and made it through as a key recommendation. The London Assembly has issued another report on the private rented sector – this time calling for the mayor to intervene in the capital’s private rented sector to “stabilise rents” and encourage […]

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