Tag: rent freeze

Andy Burnham reported to be considering a rent freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd July 2026, 1 week ago | 14

Landlords could face a rent freeze as Andy Burnham considers urgent measures designed to give households relief from the cost-of-living...

Greens welcome claim that rent controls could save tenants £2,400 a year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th July 2026, 3 weeks ago | 13

Rent controls could save the average private tenant in England £2,400 a year, according to a report welcomed by Green...

Generation Rent welcomes reports government is considering rent freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th April 2026, 3 months ago | 6

Generation Rent claims renters could save hundreds of pounds a year under the government’s proposed rent freeze. Media reports from...

Reeves’ rent freeze idea clashes with landlord rent rise plans

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th April 2026, 3 months ago | 13

Landlords planning rent increases are on a collision course with Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ proposals for a potential year-long rent freeze,...

Rachel Reeves eyes landlords as soft target with plans to introduce rent controls

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th April 2026, 3 months ago | 40

The Guardian is reporting that the Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering imposing a year-long rent freeze on landlords as a...

Tenant group urges freeze on evictions and rent increases following floods

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2026, 6 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, 1 year 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, 1 year ago | 19

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

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, 3 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, 3 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...

Labour’s Lisa Nandy rejects rent control pleas

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th June 2023, 3 years ago | 6

Lisa Nandy, Labour Party’s shadow housing secretary, has rejected calls for rent controls – despite saying at the Labour Party...

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...