The draft bill creates a blanket ban on all fees charged
by a landlord or agent for the grant, renewal, or continuation of an assured
shorthold tenancy or a licence. Any tenancy that falls outside the Housing Act
1988 regime will not be covered. The draft bill also does not mention lease
assignments. This means that ASTs and licences cannot have fees charged in
respect of them but other tenancies such as company let agreements and the like
can. There appears to be no particularly good reason for ignoring other types
of tenancy although that has been the case before and the reality is probably
that the government only had a weak understanding of such tenancies. Read more on the RLA website.
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