This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition legislation to cap private landlords from raising rent beyond its fair value
Enforce legislation that prevents landlords from raising rent to cover rising mortgage interest rates. The risk of a loan increasing should not be the tenants liability.
Buy-to-let mortgages are predatory and used as a no risk loan at the detriment of tenants becoming homeless.
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Cap the amount a landlord is allowed to legally charge a tenant; based on measurable criteria, such as: amount of rooms.
The same legislation that governs private social-housing rental charges.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. We understand you'd like a rent increase cap, but we're not sure what you mean by 'fair value', such as increased by CPI or RPI or a lower rate.
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