Private Rented Sector
Closed
What the inquiry looked at
“The Communities and Local Government Committee conducted an inquiry into the private rented housing sector. The Committee invited submissions from interested parties and held a number of oral evidence sessions covering the quality and regulation of private rented housing, and levels of rent within the sector. It also visited Berlin to examine the German model and held informal meetings with tenants and landlords in the UK. The Committee published its report on 18 July 2013. The Government response to the Committee's report was published on 16 October 2013, embracing many of the Committee's recommendations. Update March 2015: In its 2013 report, responding to evidence of steep fees, sharp practice and abuses by letting agents in England, the Committee said it would seek out information on the ban on agents’ fees in Scotland and return to the issue in 2014. Since late last year the Committee has been gathering evidence from organisations representing tenants, landlords and agents in Scotland. Their surveys and analyses can be found in ‘Correspondence’ below.”
The committee's words, from the inquiry page on parliament.uk ↗.
What the government said
8th Report of Session 2014-15 - Private Rented Sector: the evidence from banning letting agents' fees in Scotland
No government response is linked to this report.
1st Report of Session 2013-14 - The Private Rented Sector - Volume II (Volume II Oral and written evidence)
No government response is linked to this report.
1st Report of Session 2013-14 - The Private Rented Sector - Volume III (Volume III: additional written evidence)
No government response is linked to this report.
1st Report of Session 2013-14 - The Private Rented Sector - Volume I (Report, together with formal minutes)
No government response is linked to this report.
How the inquiry ran
Each dot is a dated item listed on this page, from the inquiry's opening on 19 October 2012 to its close on 26 March 2015.
- Report 4 reports
- Correspondence 5 letters
What it recommended
The committee's recommendations are not listed here yet. Read them in 8th Report of Session 2014-15 - Private Rented Sector: the evidence from banning letting agents' fees in Scotland ↗, 1st Report of Session 2013-14 - The Private Rented Sector - Volume II (Volume II Oral and written evidence) ↗, 1st Report of Session 2013-14 - The Private Rented Sector - Volume III (Volume III: additional written evidence) ↗ and 1st Report of Session 2013-14 - The Private Rented Sector - Volume I (Report, together with formal minutes) ↗ on parliament.uk.
Correspondence 5 letters
- 4 Feb 2015Letter to the Chair from Brandon Lewis MP, dated 23 January 2015, relating to issues arising from the Government responseFrom committee
- 22 Jan 2015Correspondence from various organisations relating to letting agents' fees and charges in Scotland
- 18 Jul 2014Letter to the Chair from Kris Hopkins MP, dated 7 July 2014, relating to tenant complaintsFrom committee
- 9 Jan 2014Letter from Kris Hopkins MP on redress schemes dated 5 December 2013To committee
- 13 Nov 2013Letter from the Minister for Housing, DCLG re. Private Rented Sector Government response dated 1 November 2013To committee