Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 37944

Rents: Increases

Tabled: 12 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025

Question

Cat Eccles

LabourStourbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle unaffordable rent increases.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government recognises that paying rent is likely to be a tenant’s biggest monthly expense. The Renters’ Rights Bill empowers private rented sector tenants to challenge unreasonable rent increases, with all rent increases taking place via an existing s...

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