Rent regulation in England and Wales

Rent regulation in England and Wales is the part of English land law that creates rights and obligations for tenants and landlords.The main areas of regulation concern: In general, people renting homes or real property may agree with a landlord to any contract terms they like, but some rights and duties are made compulsory."As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.The wood of the forest, the grass of the field, and all the natural fruits of the earth, which, when land was in common, cost the labourer only the trouble of gathering them, come, even to him, to have an additional price fixed upon them.The Rent Act 1977 (c. 42) was the last piece of legislation in England and Wales to place limits on how much landlords could raise prices for residential homes.
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