ARLA has slammed Labour’s intention to introduce rent controls if it gets into power at the next general election. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said in a speech which also promised 32-hour working weeks, that Labour would “cap rents and build a million genuinely affordable new homes so young people in particular aren’t pouring away thousands of pounds from their wages …
ARLA voices total opposition to introduction of rent controls and begs law-makers to reconsider
ARLA has said it is totally opposed to the introduction of rent controls in Scotland. The body has responded to a consultation on the Fair Rents Bill, which seeks to cap private rents across Scotland so that annually they cannot rise at over 1% above inflation. ARLA says in its response to the official consultation that rent caps will reduce …

