Tag: rent controls
Scottish landlords face ‘long term’ rent cont...
The Scottish Government has announced plans to introduce ‘long-term’ rent controls among a raft of new housing laws that...
Landlords need to be incentivised and not driven from the...
The government needs to focus on its tax policies so that landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) are incentivised to remain and...
Labour’s Lisa Nandy rejects rent control pleas
Lisa Nandy, Labour Party’s shadow housing secretary, has rejected calls for rent controls – despite saying at the Labour...
Landlord Crusader: Why we shouldn’t keep quiet about the ...
I can’t keep quiet! Two stories on the same day on Property118 highlight what is wrong with the private rented sector –...
Why Finland shows that rent controls don’t work
A growing private rental sector crisis in the UK with landlords leaving and rents increasing has seen a growing clamour to introduce...
Northern Ireland report rejects rent controls
The Northern Ireland Assembly has published independent research on what a rent decrease of up to 10% and/or a rent freeze for up to...