{"id":552,"date":"2019-06-05T17:54:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idealflatmate.co.uk\/landlord-HQ\/?p=552"},"modified":"2019-06-05T17:54:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:54:29","slug":"tenant-fee-ban-guidance-for-landlords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/landlord-HQ\/tenant-fee-ban-guidance-for-landlords\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenant Fee Ban: Guidance for landlords"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  • From 1st June 2019, landlords and agents are no longer able to charge a number of fees in England for new tenancies signed on or after that date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Only ASTs, student accommodation, and licences are caught by the ban. Company lets and non- assured tenancies will be exempt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Breaching the fees ban will be a civil offence with penalties of up to a \u00a35,000 fine. Successive breaches within a five year period will be a criminal offence with an unlimited fine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        What fees are banned?<\/h1>\n
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        Anything not permitted, that the tenant (or someone acting on their behalf like a guarantor or parent) is required to pay as a condition of the ‘grant, continuance, assignment, termination or renewal’ of an assured shorthold tenancy or licence agreement.<\/p>\n

        This includes payments to third parties, either for services throughout the tenancy or for specific performance of a job and loans from third parties.<\/p>\n

        In short this means that pretty much any fee that is in the tenancy agreement will be void unless it is exempt.<\/p>\n

        Examples of banned fees then would be:<\/p>\n