{"id":4688,"date":"2015-08-19T17:24:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T10:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sky-high-london-rents-prompt-calls-for-new-controls-on-landlords\/"},"modified":"2016-02-13T18:55:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T11:55:31","slug":"sky-high-london-rents-prompt-calls-for-new-controls-on-landlords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sky-high-london-rents-prompt-calls-for-new-controls-on-landlords\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky-high London rents prompt calls for new controls on landlords"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWith many Londoners paying at least half their salary in rent, politicians say urgent measures are needed to prevent a ghettoisation of the capitalLondon has become one of the most expensive cities in the world to rent a home, prompting politicians to call for New York-style controls on landlords.In 18 of London\u2019s 33 boroughs, the median rent for a one-bedroom flat is more than \u00a31,000 a month, statistics from the government agency that values properties for the purposes of council tax in England and Wales show. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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