Submitted on Thursday 26th September 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 1st October 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it illegal for landlords to refuse potential tenants with pets.
The Consumer Rights act (2015) dictates there should be evidence and grounds for a landlord to refuse a tenant or label their property as 'No pets'. However at no point have I ever been asked to provide evidence, with tenants simply turned away with a blanket 'strictly no pets' statement.
According to RSPCA, approximately 44% of the UK’s population has one or more pets. The number of households in the private rented sector in the UK increased from 2.8 million in 2007 to 4.5 million in 2017, an increase of 1.7 million (63%) households (ONS).
With this in mind, with less people able to purchase their own property, surely tenants should have rights to have a pet if they want.
Of course I propose rules are put in place:
- Pet deposits
- References from previous landlords or vets
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