Private Landlords: Tenants with Pets Debate
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Lord McFall of Alcluith
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Private Landlords: Tenants with Pets
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Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
My noble friend is right to point out the impact of the Tenant Fees Act 2019. The Government recommend that the rental deposit of five weeks is a maximum rather than a default. Charging a deposit of four weeks’ rent would provide leeway to expand it to five weeks for such things as pet ownership and also to take up some of the suggestions that we have heard today around insurance or potentially looking at rent levels to accommodate wider pet ownership.
The Lord Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith)
My Lords, the time allowed for the Question has elapsed. We now come to the third Oral Question.