Zack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent rises
Green leader Zack Polanski is expected to call for a three-year cap on increases in private rents during a speech at his party’s conference. The proposal will be presented as part of a wider argument that housing is a key issue of generational fairness, according to the supplied source.
Green leader Zack Polanski is expected to call for a three-year cap on private rent rises in a speech to his party’s conference.
The proposal concerns increases in private rents. The supplied source does not provide details of the proposed cap, including the level of any permitted increase or how the measure would operate.
Polanski will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness, according to the source. No further details of the speech or the party’s housing policy are provided.
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