🐶🐱 Renting with pets? Here's all you need to know 👍 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 Government's Model 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 as a 𝗣𝗗𝗙 here 📩

📢 Last week, members of the House of Lords quizzed the UK Government on what it is doing to encourage Landlords to be more pet friendly:

💬 Lord Black - states that 1 million households that would like to have a cat cannot do so 🐈
💬 Lord Berkley - is encouraging wider use of pet CVs to allow more responsible pet owners the opportunity to rent 📜
💬 Lord Flight - Tenants should have the chance to be interviewed so that their case can be individually assessed 🔍
💬 Baroness Gardner - "What will the UK Government do to help allay Landlords’ concerns over the inadequacy of a five-week Deposit?" 🤔
💬 Timothy Douglas of Propertymark - "Policymakers must recognise the effect of the UK Government’s decision to cap Tenancy Deposits under the Tenant Fees Act - even the best-behaved pets can have an impact on a property, therefore Landlords and Letting Agents need to be able to safeguard against damage" 🙅‍♂️

Earlier in the year, the UK Government updated its Model Tenancy Agreement to encourage Landlords to allow pets - you can DOWNLOAD the Agreement as a PDF here: https://lnkd.in/dDFQpPG 📩

𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆:

➡ 𝟱𝟬%+ of adults own a pet 🐈
➡ Yet 𝟳% rentals advertised as pet-friendly 🤗
➡ The DDAAPB* is proposing rights for Tenants to have pets 🏡
➡ Government wants pet-friendly contracts as standard 🤝
➡ Default position to include consent for pets 🐰
➡ 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲: this is 𝗻𝗼𝘁 a compulsory change to the Tenancy Agreement 🚫
➡ 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 will have to provide a good reason for saying no to a pet request 🙅‍♂️
➡ 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 will continue to have a legal duty to repair or cover the cost of any damage to the property 🛠
➡ Charging a higher rent to allow for pets is still permissible 💰

🙋‍♀️ We have helped LOTS of Tenants with pets, whilst looking after our Landlord's property and rental income. For the BEST advice, get in touch with our EXPERT team 🦹‍♀️🦸‍♂️!

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