Rent Stabilisation Measures & Landlord Response >Research By University of Cambridge >Cambridge centre for Housing and Planning Research
The report commissioned by the London Assembly Housing Committee carried out by the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research (CCHPR) , surveyed amateur landlords with just a few properties as well as commercial build to rent landlords and investors. CCHPR put forward six potential scenarios of rent stabilisation, from a one off rent freeze for three years, through to linking rent rises to wage rises. Some 60% of London landlords would reduce the size of their property portfolios in the event of a rent freeze, new research has found. Response to rent stabilisation and control scenarios Landlords were asked how they would respond to a range of possible rent control scenarios: If the rents you could charge to existing tenants could only be increased in line with inflation each year (currently 0.3%) If the rents you could charge on all properties (including when letting to new tenants) could only be increased in line with inflation each year (cur...