Letting Agent Fees

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Status: Active

Groups: Miscellaneous Topics

There have been votes in Parliament on whether letting agent fees, charged to tenants, ought be more strongly regulated or even banned.

[Person name] voted for/against restrictions on fees charged to tenants by letting agents

Decisions may be read as agreeing with the policy, or being against the policy.

month	decision	alignment	strength	decision type	uses powers	voting cluster	participant count
2013-05	Cost of Living	agree	weak	Division	uses_powers	Strong conflict: Opposition proposes	560
2014-05	Consumer Rights Bill — New Clause 22 — Ban on Letting Agents Charging Tenants Fees	agree	strong	Division	uses_powers	Strong conflict: Opposition proposes	509
2014-06	Consumer Rights Bill — New Clause 30 — Report on Detriment Caused by Letting Agent Fees and Plans to Prohibit Detrimental Fees	agree	weak	Division	uses_powers	Strong conflict: Opposition proposes	463
2014-06	Opposition Day — Private Rented Sector — Ban on Letting Agent Fees — Default 3 Year Tenancies — Action on Excessive Rent Rises	agree	weak	Division	does_not_use_powers	Strong conflict: Opposition proposes	502
2018-09	Tenant Fees Bill — Clause 8 — Financial Penalties	agree	weak	Division	uses_powers	Strong conflict: Opposition proposes	539
2018-09	Tenant Fees Bill — Schedule 1 -Permitted Payments	agree	weak	Division	uses_powers	Strong conflict: Opposition proposes	543