Labour Manifesto 2017

PRIVATE RENTERS
We will end insecurity for private
renters by introducing controls on
rent rises, more secure tenancies,
landlord licensing and new
consumer rights for renters.
e will reverse the cruel decision
to abolish housing benefit for
18 to 21- year-olds, which risks
putting even more vulnerable
young people on our streets.
Soaring rents are a real problem
leading to more families living in
temporary accommodation, more
people sleeping rough, and many
not having enough money to save
up for a deposit or for a rainy day.
Labour will make new three-year
tenancies the norm, with an ination
cap on rent rises. iven the particular
pressures in London we will look at
giving the ayor the power to give
renters in London additional security.
e will legislate to ban letting agency
fees for tenants.
e will also empower tenants to
call time on bad landlords by giving
renters new consumer rights. enters
are spending .6 billion a year on
homes that the government classes
as non-decent’. round a uarter
of this is paid by housing benefit.
Labour government would
introduce new legal minimum
standards to ensure properties
are fit for human habitation’ and
empower tenants to take action if
their rented homes are sub-standard.
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