Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan is to spend another £400,000 of Londoners’ cash to support the Renters Rights Act.

The fund will pay for training for enforcement officers, while additional money will go into online advertising and posters about tenants’ rights.

Khan says: “We are seeing the biggest expansion of renters’ rights for a generation – this is a change that I have long called for and will transform the lives of London’s 2.7m renters.

“I’m pleased to announce a new Renters Rights Enforcement Fund so that renters in London know their new rights.

“… It also means that crucially organisations will have more resources to make sure the new rules are upheld.”

Khan has also repeated his longstanding call for the devolution of rent controls.

“The next step is for Ministers to devolve the power to cap rents so we can tackle the capital’s problems of both affordability and supply” he states.

“And the evidence is clear – Londoners would overwhelmingly back new plans to put a cap on rent increases in the capital.”

But while Khan wants caps on rent rises from private landlords he is pledging to exempt new Build To Rent homes “to make sure London is building the affordable homes it needs for the long term.”

A statement from Khan’s office adds: 

“Tackling the housing crisis is a top priority and the Mayor is committed to doing everything he can to deliver more affordable, quality homes of all tenures. 

“Sadiq has worked closely with government to deliver a pro-housing package of emergency measures to boost and unlock housing.”