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Generation Rent clueless over their rights

Christina Hoghton
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Christina Hoghton
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27/02/2024

Millions of tenants and landlords across the country are unaware of the laws governing the rental sector, according to LetBritain.

The online letting agent found that 37% of UK tenants and 16% of landlords don’t know that renters must be given at least two months’ notice if a landlord wants to evict them.

Plus a third of all people in rented accommodation – 5.8 million people – do not realise they have the right for their deposits to be placed in a Tenancy Deposit Protection scheme. Worryingly, 12% of UK landlords were also unaware of this rule.

Even more renters (43%) and landlords (19%) have no idea that tenants can challenge any excessive charges made by a landlord via an ombudsman, according to the research.

And over a quarter (28%) of tenants did not know a landlord should provide 24 hours’ notice before entering their property.

Fareed Nabir, CEO of LetBritain, said: “Today’s research delivers some really important findings. It is clear that a huge proportion of UK renters – a population growing in size – do not truly understand the legislation and regulation in place to protect them.

“Likewise, a concerning number of landlords are also in the dark about exactly what rights and responsibilities they have. Such a lack of awareness increases the risk of renters and landlords being exploited – it must be addressed and lettings agents certainly have a duty to better inform all their customers about the vital legislative framework governing the rental sector.”