Reynolds Unveils Labour’s Plans To Reform The Private Rented Sector

A Labour Government would reform the private rented sector – banning letting agent fees being put onto tenants; legislating for three-year tenancies  and putting a ceiling on rent rises shadow housing minister Emma Reynolds told Housing 2014. “We have a sector here in the UK that is one of the most unstable and insecure in Europe and we need to do much better than this. We have set out some significant reforms in this sector.  We want to see predictable rents in this sector,” she said. “We will put a ceiling on excessive rent rises during the period of this new three-year tenancy. We believe a more stable long-term market would be good for landlords and tenants. Generation Rent has been ignored for too long but not under the next Labour Government.” Read more on the Housing Excellence website.