{"id":147354,"date":"2024-10-10T15:27:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T08:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ministers-urged-to-introduce-rent-caps-to-tackle-housing-crisis-in-england\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T16:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T09:25:59","slug":"ministers-urged-to-introduce-rent-caps-to-tackle-housing-crisis-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ministers-urged-to-introduce-rent-caps-to-tackle-housing-crisis-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers urged to introduce rent caps to tackle housing crisis in England"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nExclusive: Letter from union leaders and renters\u2019 groups urges government to tackle root cause of unaffordable rentsUnions are calling on ministers to undo \u201cyears of damage to the housing sector\u201d by the previous Conservative government and honour its pledge to tackle the housing emergency by introducing a form of rent cap.Steve North, the president of Unison, the UK\u2019s largest union; Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), and Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, are among seven major union leaders and 19 signatories, including thinktanks, renters\u2019 groups and an estate agency firm, to back the calls. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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