Submitted on Monday 17th October 2011
Published on Tuesday 29th November 2011
Current status: Closed
Closed: Thursday 29th November 2012
Signatures: 25
Regulate Lettings and Sales Agents: Tenants have rights too!
Despite the DPS (Deposit Protection Scheme), Estate Agents have no actual legal obligations to tenants; they do not have to join the Ombudsman scheme, or subscribe to the 2011 ''Code of Practice for Residential Letting Agents''. This has given rise to a 'Cowboy' culture in which lettings agents have no obligations to the Tenants they serve and who live in the properties they are letting-looking after the landlords alone; those who pay their fees.
Landlords can therefore deduct money from their tenants deposits with no regulation or control. With the lack of council housing, this issue is becoming more and more prevalent as more and more people are turning to Private Lettings as the ONLY available option for housing.
Join with me now in demanding that ALL Estate Agents, regardless of size, have to sign up to the Code of Practice for Residential Letting Agents, regulating what is now a lawless miasma, where the poorest (tenants) are ripped off by 'Cowboy' Landlords and Agents.
You can't sign this petition because it is now closed. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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