Rejected petition Stop credit checks and agent fees on Tennant by property agents.

Stop credit checks and agent fees on Tennant by property agents. As this contribute to people been homeless.
Stop any renewal fee too.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

The Government is already planning to change the law on this, so we're not sure what further action you'd like to see.

The Government has just published a draft Tenant Fees Bill that proposes to ban landlords and their agents from asking tenants to pay letting fees and renewal fees, among other measures.

You can find out more about the Bill here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-action-to-end-letting-agent-fees

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Date submitted 20 November 2017
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