Tenancy Deposit Schemes
(asked on 11th February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what type and proportion of tenancy deposits in other than assured shorthold tenancies are protected by tenancy deposit schemes.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Housing Act 2004 only requires deposits taken specifically in relation to assured shorthold tenancies, the most common form of tenancy, to be protected in a Government approved tenancy deposit protection scheme.
The Tenancy Deposit Schemes in England are currently protecting over 3 million deposits on behalf of tenants, helping to raise standards in the private rented sector and ensuring that tenants are treated fairly at the end of the tenancy.