Petition · past parliament
Bring in rent controls in all private sector housing
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
The cost of just putting a roof above your head in the UK is horrendous Inflated just to give the UK economy some growth, no other reason this is leaving millions of people stretched to breaking point to either buy or rent a house Rent controls will crash the housing market, and this needs to happen
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 18 Jan 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Jan 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
19 Jan 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.