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Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill
- This consultation has completed. It ran from Friday, 15 June 2018 to Friday, 7 September 2018
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Response to the consultation
Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation
- RHF 01- National Union of Students PDF 468 KB
- RHF 02 - Residential Landlords Association PDF 2 MB
- RHF 03 - National Landlords Association PDF 857 KB
- RHF 04 - Let Down in Wales PDF 272 KB View as HTML (5) 28 KB
- RHF 05 - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors PDF 109 KB View as HTML (6) 34 KB
- RHF 06 - Generation Rent PDF 269 KB View as HTML (7) 23 KB
- RHF 07 - The National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) PDF 287 KB
- RHF 08 - Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) PDF 419 KB
- RHF 09 - Shelter Cymru PDF 256 KB View as HTML (10) 72 KB
- RHF 10 - Chartered Institute of Housing PDF 528 KB
- RHF 11 - Citizens Advice PDF 299 KB
- RHF 12 - Joint letter from the Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru; the Equality and Human Rights Commission; Community Housing Cymru; Tai Pawb and Shelter PDF 915 KB
- RHF 13 - J. Dix (private sector landlord) PDF 301 KB View as HTML (14) 27 KB
- RHF 14 - Property Redress Scheme (PRS) PDF 650 KB
- RHF 15 - Country Land and Business Association (CLA) PDF 172 KB View as HTML (16) 21 KB
- RHF 16 - Tai Pawb PDF 448 KB View as HTML (17) 23 KB
- RHF 17 - Cardiff University Students Union PDF 398 KB View as HTML (18) 35 KB
- RHF 18 - The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) PDF 842 KB
- RHF 19 - The National Approved Letting Scheme PDF 218 KB View as HTML (20) 63 KB
Purpose of the consultation
The
Equality, Local Government and
Communities Committee undertook an inquiry into the general principles of
the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales)
Bill.
In
scrutinising the general principles of the Bill at Stage 1, the Committee
agreed the following terms of reference:
To
consider:
- the general principles of the Renting
Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill and the need for legislation to deliver the
stated policy intention. In coming to a view on this you may wish to
consider addressing the individual Parts of the Bill:
- Part 2 – Prohibition of certain
payments etc
- Part 3 – Treatment of holding deposits
- Part 4 – Enforcement
- Part 5 – Recovery of amount by
contract-holder
- Part 6 – Publicising letting agents
fees
- Part 7 – Final Provisions
- Schedule 1 – Permitted payments
- Schedule 2 – Treatment of holding
deposit
- any potential barriers to the
implementation of the Bill’s provisions and whether the Bill takes account
of them,
- the appropriateness of the powers in the
Bill for Welsh Ministers to make subordinate legislation (as set out in
Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the Explanatory Memorandum).
- whether there are any unintended
consequences arising from the Bill, and
- the financial implications of the Bill
(as set out in Part 2 of the Explanatory Memorandum).
Providing Written Evidence
The
Senedd has two official languages, Welsh and English.
In
line with the Senedd’s
Official Languages Scheme, the Committee requests that documents or written
responses to consultations intended for publication or use in Senedd
proceedings are submitted bilingually. When documents or written responses are
not submitted bilingually, we will publish in the language submitted, stating
that it has been received in that language only.
We
expect other organisations to implement their own standards or schemes and to
comply with their statutory obligation.
Please
see guidance
for those providing evidence for committees.
Focus groups and meetings
We
held focus groups and meetings across Wales over the summer for private
tenants, private landlords and letting agents to allow them the opportunity to
share their views, ideas and experiences in relation to the Bill.
Disclosure of information
Please
ensure that you have considered the Senedd’s policy
on disclosure of information before submitting information to the
Committee.
Supporting documents
Contact details
Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:
Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN
Email: Contact@senedd.wales
Telephone: 0300 200 6565