Last year, after years of work from organised tenants, the government passed the Housing Bill and with it rent controls.
Though this was a huge step forward, the landlord lobby undermined key parts of the bill ensuring the rent controls are riddled with loopholes and that they will be two years before any tenant feels any benefit, leaving landlords two years to hike up rents.
Even when they come in, huge numbers of properties have been made exempt, leaving too many tenants without protections.
It’s clear that our political process is betraying us.
So we’re fighting back - we’re going to do two things.
- We are calling for a rent freeze to ensure that tenants are protected from the worst of the cost of living and any rent increases before rent controls come in.
- And we are going to map our rent levels to show the government that no one can afford a rent increase and that no one’s wage has increased at the same level.
