A Bill to provide for the regulation of letting agents; to protect tenants’ deposits; to require the enforcement of environmental and energy-efficiency standards in private-sector rented accommodation; to amend the law on secure tenancies; to provide for fair rent to be applicable to all rented accommodation; to require landlords not to discriminate against people in receipt of state benefits; to require local authorities to establish a private rented sector office; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Jeremy CorbynIndependent
26 April 2013
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This Bill aims to reform the private rented sector by regulating letting agents, protecting tenants’ deposits and expanding energy-efficiency rules. It also seeks to reform how secure tenancies work, ensure fair rent for all rented homes, prohibit discrimination against benefit claimants, and require local councils to set up private rented sector offices.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons and originated in the Commons in 2013 as a private member’s bill.
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