{"id":15246,"date":"2016-06-03T00:13:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T17:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-will-sadiq-khan-help-londons-private-renters\/"},"modified":"2016-06-03T00:18:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T17:18:47","slug":"how-will-sadiq-khan-help-londons-private-renters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-will-sadiq-khan-help-londons-private-renters\/","title":{"rendered":"How will Sadiq Khan help London's private renters?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe capital\u2019s new mayor is starting to flesh out some of his manifesto pledges in a key area of housing policySadiq Khan\u2019s approach to winning his famous London mayor election victory suggested he doesn\u2019t fight battles he cannot win. The same principle seems to inform his policies for improving the capital\u2019s private rented housing sector, where increasing numbers of Londoners reside at high and often punishing expense. On Tuesday, Khan visited private renters in Hackney at risk of eviction and said he is \u201cdetermined to get a grip on the private rented sector\u201d. What does he have – and not have – in mind?At mayor\u2019s question time (MQT) last week he spelled out in simple words one thing he won\u2019t be doing: \u201cI have no plans to introduce rent controls or the powers to do so.\u201d It doesn\u2019t follow that he wouldn\u2019t like to have such powers. Some of his closest advisers are keen on the idea. Khan himself argued in 2013 for indexed rent rises to be introduced by incentivising landlords and, if necessary, conferring a right to them on tenants, to be enforced at local level. \u201cIn London, we would explore if this meant the mayor or local authorities,\u201d he wrote. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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