Letting Agent Fees

EDM number 326 in 2016-17, proposed by Tom Brake on 13/07/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Consumers, Housing standards and Private rented housing.

That this House notes that the number of private renters in Britain is growing and now sits at 18 per cent of the population; recognises that the rising demand for rented homes and shortage of genuinely affordable housing is pushing up costs and allowing some landlords and letting agents to take advantage of tenants who have relatively little power to object to high prices or poor conditions; acknowledges that the law needs to change to make renting cheaper, safer and more secure for tenants and that the Renters' Rights Bill is one opportunity to do this; and calls on the Government to reduce the upfront costs of moving by banning letting agents from charging fees to tenants, to make renting safer through mandatory electrical checks and to allow tenants to have access to the database of rogue landlords and property agents.

This motion has been signed by a total of 55 MPs.