Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 15245

Private Rented Housing: Rents

Tabled: 20 November 2024
Answered: 25 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

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 Pennycook
The 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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