{"id":2482,"date":"2014-06-19T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rogue-landlords-exploit-deposit-protection-loophole\/"},"modified":"2016-01-24T06:21:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T23:21:21","slug":"rogue-landlords-exploit-deposit-protection-loophole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rogue-landlords-exploit-deposit-protection-loophole\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogue landlords exploit deposit protection loophole"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLegislation to rein in bad landlords and agents can leave tenants out of pocketA loophole in the rental deposit protection laws is enabling rogue landlords and letting agents to avoid returning deposits worth thousands of pounds.Landlords in England and Wales are required by law to place a tenant’s deposit in one of three government-approved schemes. At the end of the rental period, landlords and tenants have to agree on the sum to be returned, or begin a formal (free) dispute process. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Legislation to rein in bad landlords and agents can leave tenants out of pocketA loophole...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-E2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":140272,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/loophole-adds-to-shameful-rental-conditions-in-england-says-housing-chief\/","url_meta":{"origin":2482,"position":0},"title":"Loophole adds to \u2018shameful\u2019 rental conditions in England, says housing chief","date":"November 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Exclusive: Peter Wright calls for reform of private rented sector to address \u2018serious systemic failings\u2019A loophole allowing landlords to rent out squalid homes is contributing to \u201cshameful\u201d conditions of the type seen nearly a century ago, the head of England\u2019s environmental health chiefs has said.Peter Wright called for wholesale\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":98970,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/frustrated-landlords-call-on-the-government-to-provide-protection-from-rogue-tenants\/","url_meta":{"origin":2482,"position":1},"title":"Frustrated landlords call on the Government to provide protection from rogue tenants","date":"October 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Landlords have called on the Government to grant them greater protection under the law after more tales emerged of \"nightmare\" tenants causing tens of thousands of dollars damage to rental homes.The latest video today showed a South...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Frustrated landlords call on the Government to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":140313,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/confiscate-properties-from-rogue-landlords-says-senior-labour-mp\/","url_meta":{"origin":2482,"position":2},"title":"Confiscate properties from rogue landlords, says senior Labour MP","date":"November 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Clive Betts says seizure threat would create \u2018significant deterrent\u2019 among those who treat fines as business cost\u2022 \u2018I was afraid of him\u2019: renting from one of London\u2019s landlordsRental homes should be confiscated from private landlords who repeatedly break the rules and exploit tenants, the head of the Commons housing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":140369,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/theres-no-space-rogue-landlords-double-income-by-ignoring-overcrowding-rules\/","url_meta":{"origin":2482,"position":3},"title":"\u2018There\u2019s no space\u2019: rogue landlords double income by ignoring overcrowding rules","date":"November 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Local authorities lack funding to track landlords who take advantage of desperate tenants priced out of the conventional rental market A small, nervous-looking woman in a leopard-skin print dressing gown opens the door to two council housing officers. 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