House of Commons - Private Rented Sector: the evidence from banning letting agents' fees in Scotland - Communities and Local Government Committee

Communities and Local Government Committee - Eighth Report
Private Rented Sector: the evidence from banning letting agents' fees in Scotland

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 March 2015.

Contents

2 The evidence on the impact of the ban on letting agents' fees in Scotland

Overview of the submissions

Shelter Scotland

Scottish Association of Landlords and the Council of Letting Agents

The National Landlords Association

Generation Rent

Concluding assessments

3 Assessing the evidence on the impact of a ban on agents' fees

Our assessment of the submissions on the ban in Scotland

The use of surveys in the submissions

The datasets in the submissions

Establishing a causal link between the ban and factors such as rents

Calculating the net outcome for tenants

Conclusions on the evidence supplied in respect of the ban in Scotland

Availability of other evidence

Assessing the likely impact of a ban in England

Conclusion and recommendation

Formal Minutes

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament