VALUATION OFFICE TO PROVIDE RENT INCREASE SERVICE
No date announced yet as new primary legislation will probably be required but …
HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) Valuation Office will become responsible for decisions on challenges to rent increases in England, helping people resolve rent disputes more quickly. While the government develops these reforms, renters who want to challenge a rent increase must still apply to the First-tier Tribunal. If they do, they will not have to pay the higher rent until the Tribunal has made its final decision.
This will be in addition to their current role in relation to Council Tax and the Rent Officer fair rent assessment (Rent Act 1977).
It is not clear if there will be an appeal structure.