In response to the news that the Mayor of London is developing rent control proposals, Labour’s London Assembly Housing Spokesperson, Tom Copley AM, said:
“Londoners have faced continuous and exorbitant rent increases for far too long, paying out an increasing amount of their income without seeing any improvements to conditions or their rights within the private rented sector.
“However, with this announcement, it is clear that City Hall is listening to the vast majority of Londoners, fed up of being ignored by the Government and keen to see rent controls implemented as a matter of urgency.
“I am delighted that the Mayor is also proposing to scrap Section 21 evictions, where a landlord can evict a tenant with no reason, and implement open-ended tenancies by default.
“Roughly, a third of Londoners will rent from a private landlord by the end of this decade. So, I hope that the Government will get behind this and other measures that will bring London’s private rented sector into line with European capitals, such as Paris and Berlin”.
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