14th
Mar 2024
A Green Party politician and a potential MP candidate for Brighton wants rent controls to be introduced across the country and slates Labour for its apparent weakening approach to the idea.
The politician and member of the Lo Don Assembly Siân Berry states that a new YouGov opinion poll categorically shows there is overwhelming support for rent controls.
She claims rent controls, freezing of rents are backed by 69 per cent of those who took part in the poll.
What does seem strange is that the results have only just been released which was conducted with 1,137 respondents in the week prior to Christmas.
Berry uses the findings to slap Labour down as she states it “has watered down its support for renters, refusing to back rent controls should they win the next election.”
She claims that Labour supporters want rent controls as 82 per cent of Labour voters in the poll backed the proposal.
Speaking to the London Assembly, Berry says: “Rent controls are an essential part of the overall manifesto from grassroots groups, and this polling shows 69 per cent of Londoners are supportive of introducing the measure.
“However, our polling also shows people are not satisfied with progress on [Mayor Sadiq Khan’s] creating new affordable homes. Those most affected know exactly how long a distance we must go before the housing crisis turns a corner.
“When asked how well or badly the Mayor was doing on a range of issues, respondents returned the most negative answer on the topic of building affordable homes, with a total of 63 per cent choosing ‘badly’ and only 17 per cent choosing ‘well’.”
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