Written question asked by Brian White (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 December 2004. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Thursday, 2 December 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to monitor private landlords' compliance with the requirement to freeze rents for a one or two year period after a Warm Front improvement.

Answer: Brian White: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what mechanisms are in place to monitor private landlords' compliance with the requirement to freeze rents for a one or two year period after a Warm Front improvement. [200449] Mr. Morley: Where measures are to be installed by Warm Front in a privately rented property prior to work going ahead landlords sign an agreement that they will not increase the rent for either one or two years. However depending on the measures provided, where a property is regulated under a fair rent agreement or is subject to an annual rent review, landlords can increase the rent providing it does not take into account the impact of any Warm Front measures installed. The Warm Front Scheme Managers do not have any formal requirement to check whether these arrangements are being complied with but would act if contacted by a tenant on this issue.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 200449; 428 c190-1W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Heating Landlord and tenant Warm front scheme Private sector Monitoring Rented housing Rents
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