Government proposals include blacklisting rogues and forcing them to repay rent taken since the start of a tenancy,as well as civil penaltiesRogue landlords and letting agents face higher fines, being potentially blacklisted from the property industry and being forced to repay rent taken since the start of a tenancy under proposals outlined by the government this week.
One aspect of the plans – the eviction of immigrants living illegally in Britain – attracted the most headlines, and but other proposals propose that the government is considering a transformation of the private rental market.
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Source: theguardian.com