Rents: Increases
Commons · Question 37944 · Tabled 12 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Cat Eccles
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle unaffordable rent increases.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 19 Mar 2025
The government recognises that paying rent is likely to be a tenant’s biggest monthly expense. The Renters’ Rights Bill empowers private rented sector tenants to challenge unreasonable rent increases, with all rent increases taking place via an existing s...