Property News · November 9, 2017

The tenants fees bill doesn’t go far enough | Letters


Britain needs longer tenancies and caps on rent increases, writes Tom Copley, Labour’s London assembly housing spokespersonAs recently as 2015 the government strongly opposed banning lettings agency fees for tenants, so its decision to publish the draft tenants fees bill is a welcome U-turn.By the end of the decade, roughly a third of Londoners will rent from a private landlord, so tough action to end this injustice couldn’t come sooner. Lettings agents provide a service to landlords, not tenants, and landlords already pay them a fee for their services. Charging tenants an average fee of £337 just to print out a standard contract and run some reference checks is gouging, plain and simple. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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