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Could new legislation bring some security for renters in the private housing sector?
Posted 19 February 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Analysis|Property and Housing|National
ANALYSIS: As soaring rents and shrinking supply place unprecedented pressure on tenants, this feature examines the consumer protection challenges emerging across the private rented sector and the increasingly important role of Trading Standards in tackling poor practice.
Few people have been spared the vicissitudes of the cost-of-living crisis, and this is particularly true for renters. Average private rents in the UK have rocketed by more than quarter since the beginning of the pandemic and will keep on climbing, according to a recent report by the estate and lettings agent Savills.
Some have dubbed the property rental market as ‘broken’ and it’s not har...
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