Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has said Prime Minister Andy Burnham is not looking astatine bringing successful rent controls successful England.
She told BBC Breakfast that changes made done the Renters' Rights Act, which came into effect successful May, were "already having a important interaction connected the market".
She added that controls which had been implemented successful immoderate areas of the UK implicit the past fewer years had not "necessarily brought rents down".
In 2023 erstwhile helium was the politician of Greater Manchester, Burnham called for freezes to backstage assemblage rents until the outgo of surviving situation was over.
But Rayner told the BBC connected Friday: "I don't deliberation that rent freezes, rent controls, is simply a mode guardant astatine the moment.
"Three years ago, Andy called for that due to the fact that determination was a important situation successful the rental market.
"We implemented betwixt past the Renters' Rights Act which is giving renters much powerfulness and control."
Temporary rent controls were introduced successful Scotland successful October 2022 but expired past year.
Green Party person Zack Polanski has said helium wants to spot rent controls brought successful for each rented spot successful England, portion Sir Sadiq Khan, the politician of London, has agelong called connected the authorities to instrumentality a cap.
The word rent controls describes a scope of measures a authorities tin instrumentality - from capping terms increases to freezing them for a play of time.
Landlord groups accidental they whitethorn exacerbate the lodging situation by putting owners disconnected renting retired property.
The Renters' Rights Act was brought successful to springiness much stableness and information to the 11 cardinal radical who rent from backstage landlords.
Under the legislation, fixed-term tenancies person been banned and it is present importantly harder for landlords to evict tenants.
Rents tin besides lone beryllium accrued erstwhile a twelvemonth to the property's "open marketplace rent".
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