Tag: rent freeze

Tenant group urges freeze on evictions and rent increases following floods

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2026, 2 months ago | 0

A tenant group has demanded a freeze on evictions and rents during any post-flood repairs. ACORN says there is no...

Generation Rent calls for rent freeze amid growing homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th May 2025, 11 months ago | 19

Generation Rent has issued an urgent call for the UK government to cap rising rents, pointing to a deepening housing...

Tenant organisation criticises £15k EPC cost cap and calls for two-year rent freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th April 2025, 11 months ago | 19

A tenant organisation has slammed the proposed £15,000 cost cap for landlords making energy-efficiency improvements and instead calls for a...

Scottish Greens urge landlords to stop evictions during winter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th December 2024, 1 year ago | 19

The Scottish Greens are demanding that ALL landlords halt evictions during the winter months to show “compassion and kindness.” The...

NRLA blasts politicians for ignoring housing benefit crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st July 2024, 2 years ago | 3

The NRLA has slammed political parties’ failure to address housing benefit rates. More than 1.5 million households rely on Local...

Sadiq Khan wants EPC measures for the PRS reinstated

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2023, 2 years ago | 24

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is calling for the legal power to impose a rent freeze in the capital...

Sadiq Khan pushes for tougher penalties for landlords over mouldy homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2023, 2 years ago | 49

The London Mayor is calling for tougher sanctions for private landlords who let out mouldy homes in the capital. Sadiq...

BBC fact-checks Sadiq Khan’s rent control claims

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2023, 3 years ago | 7

The BBC has challenged London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s claims that rents in the capital will rise to £2,700 per month...

Greens want rent freezes as part of the Renters’ Reform Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th May 2023, 3 years ago | 5

The Green Party is calling for the Renters’ Reform Bill to go much further than the government is planning for...

Sadiq Khan calls for a London rent freeze – AGAIN!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th May 2023, 3 years ago | 9

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has repeated his calls for a rent freeze to help Londoners in the week that the...

An open letter to Sadiq Khan and his plans for a rent freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th May 2023, 3 years ago | 13

Calls by London Mayor Sadiq Khan for a rent freeze in the capital have led one resident to pen an...

Sadiq and Gen Rent demand putting the boot into private landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th April 2023, 3 years ago | 34

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Generation Rent have smeared private landlords in a demand for an immediate Government...

Since when did a rent freeze mean don’t pay rent?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th April 2023, 3 years ago | 18

It has been a busy time for landlords with several stories that would normally make my blood run cold, but...

Sadiq Khan calls again for a rent freeze in London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd April 2023, 3 years ago | 19

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has again called for a rent freeze for tenants to be implemented in the capital. He...

Michael Gove – ‘No rent freeze or rent cap’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2023, 3 years ago | 8

The Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove says there won’t be a rent freeze or a rent cap for landlords in...

Why Finland shows that rent controls don’t work

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2023, 3 years ago | 6

A growing private rental sector crisis in the UK with landlords leaving and rents increasing has seen a growing clamour...

Call for a rent freeze because ‘landlords can afford it’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2023, 3 years ago | 79

An open letter has been signed by rent activists, trade unions and several Labour Mayors, including Sadiq Khan, calling for...

Scotland’s PBSA is ‘unfit for purpose’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Students in Scotland are being forced to live in unsafe purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and a rent freeze should be...

Scotland hits landlords with a 3% rent cap

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th January 2023, 3 years ago | 24

Emergency measures that saw a rent freeze and an evictions moratorium being introduced in Scotland will now see rent rises...

Scotland looks set to extend rent freeze and eviction ban

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2023, 3 years ago | 17

Landlords and property investors in Scotland have hit out after the Scottish Government recommended that the current rent freeze and...