Andy Burnham has signed an open letter to government calling for a freeze on private sector rents. Greater Manchester's mayor joined his counterparts in London and Liverpool, along with several unions and organisations across the country in signing the letter to housing secretary Michael Gove.
It comes as rents have soared in Greater Manchester over the past year. Campaigners say the move would help renters 'weather the worst of the cost of living crisis' while also preventing 'huge numbers' of tenants facing homelessness in the coming months.
The letter also calls for an immediate ban on evictions 'until the cost of living crisis is over' and for no-fault evictions to be banned. The open letter has also been signed by the Greater Manchester Tenants Union and Greater Manchester Law Centre, as well as the Green Party.
