Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 15245
Private Rented Housing: Rents
Tabled: 20 November 2024
Answered: 25 November 2024
Named DayQuestion
Dr Simon Opher
Labour — Stroud
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to prohibit a landlord from (a) demanding and (b) accepting more than one month’s rent in advance in respect of a (i) tenancy and (ii) licence of r
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government recognise that demands for extortionate rent in advance place a considerable financial strain on tenants and can exclude certain groups from renting altogether.We are very clear that the practice of landlords demanding large amounts of rent...
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