Rent Freeze

• 住房大臣和住房部部长成为最新批评该主张的人员，唐宁街 10 号此前也已排除了这一可能。 • 在《卫报》披露 Rachel Reeves 正在考虑冻结私营部门租金一年之后不到 48 小时，多位高级部长对该想法表示不屑。 • 住房大臣 Steve Reed 和住房部长 Matthew Pennycook 成为最新公开批评该主张的政府官员，而唐宁街 10 号随后已将其否定。阅读更多...

唐宁街表示，重点仍将放在降低账单、支持租房者以及降低能源价格上。在《卫报》披露财政大臣 Rachel Reeves 正考虑将冻结私人部门租金作为降低生活成本的一种方案后，唐宁街否认了这一想法，尽管 Reeves 此前对此持开放态度。周二，一名唐宁街 10 号的发言人表示，冻结私人部门租金“并非我们将采取的方法”。此前有消息人士告诉《卫报》，在伊朗战争导致住房成本激增后，这是 Reeves 倾向于采取的解决方案。阅读更多...

FTSE 250 firms Paragon and OSB Group, owner of Kent Reliance and Precise Mortgages, slide on London Stock ExchangeRachel Reeves considering rent freeze to limit Iran war falloutBusiness live – latest updatesShares in some of the UK’s biggest buy-to-let lenders such as Paragon and One Savings Bank have fallen after it emerged that the chancellor may make private landlords commit to a one-year rent freeze.In an effort to protect households from rising living costs as a result of the Iran war, Rachel Reeves is considering whether to ban landlords in England from increasing rents for a limited period of time, the Guardian revealed on Monday night. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Sources say chancellor is examining exceptional measures to protect household budgetsRachel Reeves is considering imposing a one-year rent freeze on private sector homes amid growing alarm in government about the impact of the Iran war on voters’ budgets.Landlords in England would be banned from raising rents for a limited period of time under the proposals, which are being debated within government as part of a major cost of living package to be launched in the coming weeks. Continue reading...