#Bristol council asks government for powers to control rents and tackle housing crisis

The local authority should have the ability to cap how much landlords can increase rents, an expert commission on renting in the city says.

#rentcontrols

https://thebristolcable.org/2023/06/bristol-council-asks-government-for-powers-rent-controls-tackle-housing-crisis/

#Labour scraps pledge to bring in #rentcontrols in latest U-turn

Here we go again. Closing the gap to the #Tories every announcement and U turn they make

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-rent-controls-lisa-nandy-keir-starmer-b2365616.html

The Greens have launched their local elections campaign with a pledge to push for rent controls and a mass programme of council houses built to “Passivhaus” environmental standards, with the party predicting further gains on 4 May.

#GreenParty #GreenPartyUK #RentControls #Planning #Passivhaus #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/05/green-party-launch-local-elections-campaign-pledge-rent-controls?CMP=GTUK_email

Only @TheGreenParty have the policies that have the aspirational interests of the many, not the few. #votegreen at the upcoming local elections and begin the change so desperately needed
RT @carla_denyer: Well done to the person in the #BBCQT audience who raised the issue of spiralling rents.

All the guests on tonight's #BBCQT are saying the #HousingCrisis is awful. But none of them are willing to consider #RentControls

If only there were a @TheGreenParty politi…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreenPartyScott/status/1641701915518984195

RT @carla_denyer: Well done to the person in the #BBCQT audience who raised the issue of spiralling rents.

All the guests on tonight's #BBCQT are saying the #HousingCrisis is awful. But none of them are willing to consider #RentControls

If only there were a @TheGreenParty politician on the panel

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1641569202598449152