A Bill to establish a national mandatory licensing scheme for letting and managing agents, with established standards and redress for landlords, tenants and leaseholders, and prohibition of letting and management agent fees; to enable local authorities to administer and enforce the scheme; to require that tenants, landlords and leaseholders have written agreements; and to empower local authorities, either alone or in partnership, to trade as letting and managing agents.
This Bill would create a national, mandatory licensing system for letting and managing agents, with clear standards and a way to resolve disputes. It would ban tenant fees charged by these agents, require written agreements between tenants, landlords and leaseholders, and give local authorities power to run and enforce the scheme – including the option for councils to operate as letting and managing agents themselves.
Currently at Second Reading in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move to committee stage for detailed scrutiny, followed by report and third reading, and then on to the Lords.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was withdrawn and will not progress any further.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
