Londoners back rent controls as city faces 'cost of rent crisis'

Londoners have backed rent controls - (Evening Standard composite)

Londoners have backed rent controls after a City Hall politician declared the capital was facing a ‘cost of rent crisis’—with the city’s over two million renters handing over on average over 40 per cent of their wages to landlords.

A report published by Green Assembly member Zoë Garbett on Friday called on Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to set up a commission to examine how rent controls could operate in the capital.