Buy-to-let landlords have been accused of “routinely and illegally” withholding deposits from tenants and subjecting many people living in private rented accommodation to “surprise evictions”.
In an article in yesterday’s Mail on Sunday, it was claimed that students and young adults early in their careers are typically “most vulnerable” when it comes to not getting their full deposit back after vacating.
The article pointed to “evidence from multiple sources” that suggests landlords often break the law by fully or partially withholding money stumped up as a deposit, which are often not placed in a government-backed deposit tenancy deposit protection scheme (DPS).
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