FOI release

Tenant Fees Act 2019

Case reference FOI2022/00909

Published 25 July 2022

Request

Q1. How many open/ongoing investigations do you have into letting or estate agents/landlords breaching the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (i.e. prohibited fees / excessive deposits)?

Q1B. Please detail what the alleged breaches are and include the amounts involved ( i.e. check in or check out fees, inventory fees, credit check fees etc)

Q2. Between June 2019 and June 2022

Q2a. How many complaints did you receive about prohibited tenant fees or related issues? Please provide a yearly breakdown for year 1, year 2 and year 3 and details of the complaints, including amounts requested.

Q2b. How many complaints did you receive about excessive deposits? Please provide a yearly breakdown for year 1, year 2 and year 3 and details of the complaints, including amounts requested.

Q2C. Over the same timeframe - how many breaches were there of the Tenant Fees act? Please provide a yearly breakdown for year 1, year 2 and year 3 and details of the breaches, including amounts requested.

Q3. Over the same timeframe - how many notices have been issued? Please provide a yearly breakdown for year 1, year 2 and year 3.

Q3b. What was the outcome? (paid/withdrawn/ appealed)

Q3c. Did the complainant get their money back?

Response

Q1. How many open/ongoing investigations do you have into letting or estate agents/landlords breaching the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (i.e. prohibited fees / excessive deposits)?

0

Q1B. Please detail what the alleged breaches are and include the amounts involved ( i.e. check in or check out fees, inventory fees, credit check fees etc)

N/A

Q2. Between June 2019 and June 2022

Q2a. How many complaints did you receive about prohibited tenant fees or related issues? Please provide a yearly breakdown for year 1, year 2 and year 3 and details of the complaints, including amounts requested.

0 complaints.

Q2b. How many complaints did you receive about excessive deposits? Please provide a yearly breakdown for year 1, year 2 and year 3 and details of the complaints, including amounts requested.

0 complaints.

Q2C. Over the same timeframe - how many breaches were there of the Tenant Fees act? Please provide a yearly breakdown for year 1, year 2 and year 3 and details of the breaches, including amounts requested.

0

Q3. Over the same timeframe - how many notices have been issued? Please provide a yearly breakdown for year 1, year 2 and year 3.

0

Q3b. What was the outcome? (paid/withdrawn/ appealed)

N/A

Q3c. Did the complainant get their money back?

N/A

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