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Khan's housing plan will ‘fall flat’ without city-wide rent controls, campaigners warn
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks to the media during a visit to the Francis Crick Institute in London to announce a new London Growth Plan to boost economic growth, April 3, 2024
LONDON Mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan for renters will “fall flat” unless he continues to push for the power to enforce city-wide rent controls, campaigners have warned.
Mr Khan has promised to build 6,000 rent-controlled homes if he is re-elected in May.
At the launch of his “new deal for renters” today, Mr Khan said: “I’ve been calling for the power to freeze rents in the capital for years, but the government has refused.
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