Campaigners are calling on the government to allow rents to be capped within tenancies as a key bill returns to the Commons. More than 30 MPs have backed an amendment to the Renters' Rights Bill which, if passed, would restrict how much landlords can raise rents on sitting tenants by limiting percentage increases to inflation or average wage growth - whichever is lowest.

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The Bill will end Section 21 so-called ‘no fault’ evictions.

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The Deputy Prime Minister is under pressure to stop landlords hiking up rents

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Calls for rent caps within tenancies as landmark bill returns to Commons

In the federal capital, as in Frankfurt am Main, there is no higher regional court ruling, so we actually have uncertainty here because there is no precedent yet.

In der Bundeshauptstadt fehlt, als in Frankfurt am Main, ein Oberlandesgerichtsurteil, haben wir hier tatsächlich eine Unsicherheit, weil es noch keinen Präzedenzfall gibt.

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A new Renters' Rights Bill is being proposed, with the government saying it will abolish the section 21 "no-fault" eviction, limit up-front payments, and improve enforcement on housing standards

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The government says it will abolish the section 21 "no-fault" eviction, limit up-front payments, and improve enforcement on housing standards

Calls for rent caps within tenancies as landmark bill returns to Commons

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