Announced in the Autumn Statement on 23 November 2016, the ban on tenant fees was introduced to Parliament in May last year as the Tenant Fees Bill. Today the Bill completed its journey through Parliament and has now passed in to law as the Tenant Fees Act 2019.
In January, the Housing Minister in the House of Lords, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth made a statement revealing that from 1 June 2019, all new and renewed tenancies will come under the scope of the new ban. All existing tenancies will be brought under the new rules from 1 June 2020.
Letting agents should continue with their preparations before the legislation comes in to force this June.