gadget Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Read this in todays Standard: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ripoff-letting-agents-face-ban-under-new-law-8575008.html The thousands of London tenants at the mercy of rogue letting agents are to get full legal protection for the first time. All agents will be forced to join a government approved ombudsman-type scheme under a clampdown announced today in the Commons. This will give tenants and landlords who are ripped off by agents the chance to get their money back without having to go through the courts. Agents that refuse to comply will face heavy fines and could be banned from trading. Have to admit i'm surprised. Thought the government attitude was that scum who rent deserve to be ripped off.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevaliant Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Read this in todays Standard: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ripoff-letting-agents-face-ban-under-new-law-8575008.html Have to admit i'm surprised. Thought the government attitude was that scum who rent deserve to be ripped off.... You forget. They rip landlords off too at times, and we can't have that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RentingForever Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Landlords next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longtermrenter Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 (edited) The problem is that even the agents who are already signed up to these schems barely understand tenancy laws, don't care and have you by the balls reference wise if you try to complain. I don't see this making much of a difference other than in a few cases. Edited typo. Edited April 17, 2013 by Longtermrenter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damocles Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 We need regulation, not registration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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