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.