Zack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent rises
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is proposing a three-year cap on private rent increases to address the UK's housing affordability crisis. He argues that current rent hikes are forcing younger generations to delay independence and move back home.
Why it matters
The proposal reflects a growing political push to regulate the private rental market as a solution to generational economic inequality.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Zack Polanski will address the Green Party's conference in Brighton on Friday
Zack Polanski is set to call for a three-year "emergency brake" on private rent increases when he opens the Green Party's conference later.
In his speech to party activists on Friday afternoon, the Green leader will seek to frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness.
He will urge the government to prevent private rents rising above whichever is lowest out of the consumer price index measure of inflation , wage growth or 2%, for three years.
According to the party, he will also argue pressure from the Greens has forced Labour into a change of political direction on some issues.
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