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min answer › date of answer	2019-04-08
tabling member › label	Biography information for Paul Farrelly
answer › answer text	%3Cp%3EThe government does not favour the introduction of caps on private rents as this could restrict investment in the private rented sector. From 1915 to the late 1980s, successive governments implemented policies to control or restrict private rents, which coincided with the decline in the private rented sector from nine-tenths of the housing stock in 1915 to one tenth in 1991. %3Cbr%3E %3Cbr%3E Rent caps have lead to worse property conditions for tenants by discouraging investment in existing accommodation.%3C/p%3E
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1151877

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23/10/2019

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Affordable Housing

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing rent freezes to maintain affordable housing for low-income households.

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Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Paul Farrelly

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is ministerial correction

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04/11/2019

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<p>The government does not favour the introduction of caps on private rents as this could restrict investment in the private rented sector. From 1915 to the late 1980s, successive governments implemented policies to control or restrict private rents, which coincided with the decline in the private rented sector from nine-tenths of the housing stock in 1915 to one tenth in 1991. <br> <br> Rent caps have lead to worse property conditions for tenants by discouraging investment in existing accommodation.</p>

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Tatton

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Esther McVey

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04/11/2019 15:41:56

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4084

	label	Biography information for Esther McVey

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2256

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Tatton

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Esther McVey

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	label	Biography information for Paul Farrelly