The private rental market will be investigated after the UK’s competition authority found a “significant minority” of landlords may be violating tenants’ rights.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will focus on things such as “sham licences”, which make evictions easier.
The CMA will also examine possible discrimination, such as landlords who ban benefit claimants.
The CMA will also examine possible discrimination, such as landlords who ban benefit claimants.
The CMA has been gathering evidence on the private rental market since February as part of its wider annual review of housing in the UK.
“There is currently widespread concern about how well various aspects of the housing market are working,” the CMA said in its report, outlining “numerous concerns” it had heard about the private rental market.
It will look in to “sham licences”, where unsuitable tenancy contracts were offered to renters. For example, the CMA heard some tenants were given a “licence to occupy” a room, when an assured tenancy was more suitable.
A licence to occupy gives the tenant fewer protections and makes it easier to evict them, and is often used for short term rentals or lodgers. A landlord can terminate the licence to occupy relatively quickly and without needing a court order.
The private rental market will be investigated after the UK’s competition authority found a “significant minority” of landlords may be violating tenants’ rights.
The CMA will also examine possible discrimination, such as landlords who ban benefit claimants.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will focus on things such as “sham licences”, which make evictions easier.
The CMA has been gathering evidence on the private rental market since February as part of its wider annual review of housing in the UK.
The CMA will also examine possible discrimination, such as landlords who ban benefit claimants.
The CMA will also examine possible discrimination, such as landlords who ban benefit claimants.
The CMA has been gathering evidence on the private rental market since February as part of its wider annual review of housing in the UK.
“There is currently widespread concern about how well various aspects of the housing market are working,” the CMA said in its report, outlining “numerous concerns” it had heard about the private rental market.
It will look in to “sham licences”, where unsuitable tenancy contracts were offered to renters. For example, the CMA heard some tenants were given a “licence to occupy” a room, when an assured tenancy was more suitable.
A licence to occupy gives the tenant fewer protections and makes it easier to evict them, and is often used for short term rentals or lodgers. A landlord can terminate the licence to occupy relatively quickly and without needing a court order.
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