Ministers are resisting introducing a blunt rent cap but say they are empowering tenants to appeal unreasonable rent rises
Ministers are under pressure to bring forward more radical policies to protect renters in new laws, with mounting support for a cap on theIt also contains a softened version of a cap that gives tenants the right to appeal unreasonable rent increases — defined by the Government as rents increasing faster than the market rate. If renters believe this has been breached, they can challenge it at a tribunal.
The MP for Poole, Neil Duncan-Jordan, argued that “by definition, market rates are already unaffordable for many renters. Only capping rent increases will give renters genuine security in their homes and stop landlords threatening vulnerable people with unaffordable rent hikes or homelessness.” Across the entire sample polled in October by YouGov – 4,369 adults – 75 per cent said they supported a cap.
Green Party MP and co-leader Carla Denyer said the results indicate the “dial is definitely moving” on this issue. “In Spain, rent controls were a key measure used by the government to bring down inflation, and research found that in Catalonia the policy reduced rents by 4-6 per cent without affecting supply,” Denyer said.
The Renters Reform Coalition argues a flaw in the government policy is that it links rents to market rates which, the coalition says, are already unaffordable for many renters.A spokesman for the Renters’ Reform Coalition campaign group said: “Market rates are already unaffordable for many renters, who are obliged to spend a long time searching for cheaper homes, and may be pushed out of their communities or end up in debt just to stay in them.
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