With many Londoners paying at least half their salary in rent,politicians say urgent measures are needed to prevent a ghettoisation of the capitalLondon has become one of the most expensive cities in the world to rent a domestic, prompting politicians to call for novel York-style controls on landlords.
In 18 of London’s 33 boroughs, or the median rent for a one-bedroom flat is more than £1000 a month,statistics from the government agency that values properties for the purposes of council tax in England and Wales show.
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Source: theguardian.com