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Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has welcomed new rules that require letting agents to join 1 of 3 redress schemes, to ensure tenants & leaseholders have a straightforward option to hold them to account.  The schemes run offer independent investigation into complaints about hidden fees or poor service.

The government is also introducing new legislation to require letting agents to publish a full tariff of their fees ensuring that tenants have full upfront knowledge of what they will be charged.   Last month a new code of practice was published making clear the legal requirements of landlords & letting agents alike, leaving both in no doubt about their responsibilities to their tenants.

• New rules require letting agents to join a redress scheme, to ensure tenants can to hold them to account
• CAB:  Tenancy Agreements
• A better deal for hardworking tenants
• Stephen Williams vows to outlaw revenge evictions
• Right to Move: government launches consultation to support social tenants who want to work
• Letting agents need to move quickly to sign up to redress schemes
• West Midlands to be first landlord ‘right to rent’ check area
• Flo's law: new cap for council house repairs comes into force
• £100m fund will put power in the hands of tenants
• Support to resolve social tenants' complaints
• ICO warns social housing organisations must keep their tenants’ data secure
• Tougher fines & a more streamlined prosecution system are needed to tackle rogue landlords who are putting tenants' lives at risk
• LGA:  Councils call for fairer & more streamlined system to tackle criminal landlords
• How to rent: tenants helped to know their rights with new checklist
• Stronger protections for tenants & leaseholders
• 58 tenants with Hammersmith & Fulham reimbursed for overcharged water rates
• CAB - Protection from eviction good for 4m
• ScotGov:  More security for tenants