Member

Amendments 78, 80, 80A, 82 and 83 all deal with the process for rent increases in low-cost tenancies. For clarity, I will set out how rent review clauses will work for these tenancies. In doing so, I thank the National Housing Federation and all the registered providers that have engaged with us throughout the Bill’s progress and are still doing so. Providers of low-cost tenancies will be permitted to increase the rent either via a rent review clause or the mechanism in new Section 13A inserted by Clause 7. This replicates the current Section 13 process. There is nothing in the Bill that prevents the provider of a relevant low-cost tenancy including a new rent review provision in an existing tenancy agreement or varying it if the tenant agrees.