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Rents: Increases

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle unaffordable rent increases.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
19 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle unaffordable rent increases.

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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