Letting Agents: Fines

(asked on 6th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fines have been levied on letting agents in England for breaches of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 since it came into force.


Answered by
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Alok Sharma
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 12th October 2017

The Department does not hold this information. Local authorities are responsible for enforcing the requirements on letting agents under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

The Secretary of State for the Department of Communities and Local Government announced on 1 October, that the Government will require all letting agents to register with an appropriate organisation to give landlords and tenants confidence that their agent is meeting minimum standards and complying with their legal responsibilities. The Government will also shortly publish the draft Tenant Fees Bill to set out its approach to banning letting fees to tenants in England.

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