Recommendation 26

By getting rid of rent review clauses, the Government could be removing a mechanism for predictable and fair rent rises and replacing it with a system that relies on a resource-intensive and time-consuming appeals process. We recommend Reforming the Private Rented Sector 63 that the Government not abolish rent review clauses but make it a requirement that they stipulate by how much rents will increase. It should also legislate to require all rent review clauses to include break periods during which tenants may appeal to the First-tier Property Tribunal if they think their rent has risen above local market rents. (Paragraph 129) Miscellaneous