Question follow-through · 2569
Private Rented Housing: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to enable local authorities to bring in rent controls for people in the private rented sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 30 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2024 · 37 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to enable local authorities to bring in rent controls for people in the private rented sector.
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government does not support the introduction of rent controls. We have made clear that we intend to use the Renters’ Rights Bill to provide tenants with greater protections against unreasonable within-tenancy rent increases.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Local Government: Debt
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has she made of the financial pressures on councils caused by the levels of and interest on the debt they owe to the Treasury.