Tag: rent freeze

Generation Rent welcomes reports government is considering rent freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th April 2026, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks 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, 4 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...

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 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...

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...

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...