Private Rented Housing: Rents
Commons · Question 15245 · Tabled 20 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Simon Opher
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to prohibit a landlord from (a) demanding and (b) accepting more than one month’s rent in advance in respect of a (i) tenancy and (ii) licence of r
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 25 Nov 2024
The government recognise that demands for extortionate rent in advance place a considerable financial strain on tenants and can exclude certain groups from renting altogether.We are very clear that the practice of landlords demanding large amounts of rent...