An independent regulator and an inflation cap on rent increases (included in Labour's last election manifesto) would help renters.
"If no agreement is reached, workers will have no choice but to go to the streets," warned Mphumzi Maqungo, NUMSA's national treasurer.Such demands are not consistent with a 6% inflation cap nor with stable employment.
Working-age benefits and tax credits to rise by 1% - a below-inflation cap.
In his 2012 Autumn Statement, the chancellor announced that most working-age benefits and tax credits would be uprated by just 1% - a below-inflation cap - for three years from 2013-14.
Labour are offering different solutions, with their June manifesto promising to "suspend" Right to Buy and place an inflation-cap on rent rises.
Because health costs have historically increased at a rate greater than inflation, those caps could rise at the rate of inflation plus 1percentt.
But inflation concerns capped the day's rise.
While inflation remains capped, the outlook for the yellow metal seems likely to remain weak irrespective of whether the Fed minutes are hawkish or dovish.
The SEC's report does acknowledge inflation-adjusted caps would "shrink the accredited investor pool considerably" and proposes additional income-based conditions to mitigate the effect.
The Green Party is also proposing an inflation-linked cap on rent rises.
