“Wes Streeting has defended his party’s policy not to scrap the cap on child benefit for just two children in each household.”

Incredibly grim. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

Right to Buy has been a disaster.

Thatcher’s policy hasn’t helped working class people own homes, it has transferred rental income from local authorities to landlords💰

End Right to Buy!

What these arguments always boil down to, no matter how much the people making them try to pretend otherwise, is that rent controls are bad for landlords because they reduce profitability of their ‘asset’. Good - housing is a human right not an asset to be exploited for profit.

The evidence shows that rent controls are effective in limiting rent increases, that they give stability to long-term tenants, and that any impact on the supply of rental housing can be addressed by limitations on landlords converting properties for other uses.

The same goes for when Berlin had rent controls.

Rent FELL in the regulated sector and rose in the UNREGULATED sector - the answer to those rent rises was clearly *more* rent controls, spread to the unregulated sector, not less rent controls!

Opponents of rent controls make these kind of arguments that sound reasonable but quickly fall apart.

Scottish rent controls were too weak, and full of loopholes that allowed landlords to hike rent up.

Stronger rent controls, without loopholes, could easily have stopped that!

“If the UK had matched the average western European country’s investment into healthcare as a share of GDP in the decade after 2010, it would have put in £33bn more. This lack of investment riddles almost every area of public infrastructure in Britain.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

When we build social housing, we’re building better lives. Home is everything. Home is where we put down roots, feel stable and look towards a brighter future full of hope.

Proud to support Shelter’s #MadeInSocialHousing campaign👇 england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/cam…

Rent controls obviously won’t fix the entire private rental sector, but we need them desperately.

It couldn’t be any clearer.

“People are getting ripped off because they’re paying more than ever for these houses that aren’t suitable for them to be living in, or have got major issues and need repair.” - ACORN Cardiff /ACORN Caerdydd👏 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Nice.

Every time you hear a landlord or estate agent tell you that rent controls don’t work, remember that they’re only saying that so they can continue doing this.

Rent controls now.

He’s right.

Right to Buy has been disastrous: 40% of council houses sold through it are now owned by landlords, & very few have been replaced.

Thatcher’s policy hasn’t helped working class people own homes, it has transferred rental income from local authorities to landlords💰

We’re told by politicians and journalists every day that rents will stabilise themselves - but we know that isn’t true. We need rent controls, and we need them now.

Housing that is actually affordable.

All we have is each other. The only solution to the crises we face is to organise our communities and our class for power.