Renting, Deposit Protection, Freedom of Information

FBaby

your request has very little actual merit anyway

That's what I was thinking
How many tenants are going to agree to their full deposit being withheld (unless they didn't pay their last month rent and deposit is equivalent.

In most cases, either the tenant wants the full amount back, or agrees to a lesser amount being withheld.

I believe few cases that end up with the arbitrator end up with 100% withheld or 100% going back to the tenant.

My understanding of DPS is that it only releases the money once both parties have agreed to the amount and they act as intermediary. They will only release to one or the other if the other party hasn't responded back within a certain timescale.

OLDFLYBYNIGHT

Thanks Guest101, I didn't realise that was the case.

Therefore my queries would have been against the custodial scheme only.

PS. Unable to tick the "quote message in reply?" box ..

Guest101

OLDFLYBYNIGHT wrote: »

Thanks Guest101, I didn't realise that was the case.

Therefore my queries would have been against the custodial scheme only.

PS. Unable to tick the "quote message in reply?" box ..

As FBaby says above, the statistics you seek are going to be skewed.


Unless your project / cause/ whatever is greater education on the laws of tenancy for young people; it will fall down as a simple - tenants aren't bothering to educate themselves on the law and therefore have no-one to blame but themselves if they lose out.

Miss_Samantha

HappyMJ wrote: »

They don't hold that information.

Custodial schemes do hold that information since they hold the money and must repay it as agreed by the parties.

Guest101

Miss_Samantha wrote: »

Custodial schemes do hold that information since they hold the money and must repay it as agreed by the parties.

It's unlikely to be easily accessible though, and would likely fall outside the permitted 25 hours

OLDFLYBYNIGHT

Guest101 wrote: »

It's unlikely to be easily accessible though, and would likely fall outside the permitted 25 hours

Guest101, I think you have over estimated the time to write a high level program to compile this data. I'd agree with you if this was a clerical task. But then again, it's academic as there is no obligation as they are not public bodies.

Thank you everyone for your contributions ...

Guest101

OLDFLYBYNIGHT wrote: »

Guest101, I think you have over estimated the time to write a high level program to compile this data. I'd agree with you if this was a clerical task. But then again, it's academic as there is no obligation as they are not public bodies.

Thank you everyone for your contributions ...

Have you ever dealt with FOI requests? The 25 hr limit isn't per person, it's in total.


But I agree it's academic.