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<p>The ban on letting agent fees to tenants was first announced in the 2016 Autumn
Statement. An eight week public consultation ran from April to June 2017, which informed
the provisions of the Tenant Fees Bill to ban letting fees paid by tenants. We published
the Bill in draft on 1 November and it was scrutinised by the Housing, Communities
and Local Government Committee. The Committee made a number of recommendations to
refine the Bill on 29 March.</p><p>The Tenant Fees Bill was introduced to Parliament
in the House of Commons on 2 May 2018, received its Second Reading on 21 May with
unanimous support, and passed through Committee stage on 12 June. Report and Third
Reading are scheduled for 5 September 2018 and the Bill will then move to the House
of Lords. However, Parliamentary timetables are subject to change.</p><p>We are committed
to bringing the ban on letting fees as soon as possible but implementation is subject
to Parliamentary timetables. We do not expect the ban to be in force before spring
2019.</p>
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