A Government drive to prevent rogue landlords wrongfully withholding tenants' deposits is showing early signs of success, according to figures published for the first time today. Tens of thousands of ...

Landlords illegally retaining security deposits is one of many challenges Bellingham tenants face as renter protections are lacking, advocates here say. Rebecca Quirke of the local advocacy group ...

For whatever reasons, a large majority of landlords have yet to register with a government-approved tenancy deposit scheme, says the National Landlords Association. Whist it is estimated that around ...

Security deposits are a fundamental landlord protection under leases with the expectation of tenants that the deposits will be returned upon the expiration of the lease. While landlords frequently ...

One in four renters struggles to get their full deposit back at the end of a tenancy, according to new research. Almost a quarter of the 1,000 private tenants surveyed – 23 per cent – said they had ...

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