Mydeposits to operate a custodial scheme

Mydeposits to operate a custodial scheme

11:14 AM, 11th November 2015, About 9 years ago 2

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Mydeposits has been given government approval to operate a custodial based tenancy deposit protection scheme in England and Wales from April 2016.mydeposits

Protecting tenants’ deposits has been a legal requirement in England and Wales since 2007, with landlords and letting agents having the choice of an insurance based scheme that involves a fee, or a free-to-use custodial scheme to protect deposits and comply with the law. Today’s announcement is hugely significant because it now means landlords and letting agents who prefer the custodial based option will have a choice in which scheme they use.

Eddie Hooker, CEO of Mydeposits, commented: “Mydeposits has been through a detailed procurement process with the government and we are delighted to have been given the green light.”

“We’ve been hopeful of winning the contract for some time and have already begun an exciting and ambitious reboot of Mydeposits. We’re taking a fresh look at deposit protection and are investing in our systems and processes to create a faster, smarter scheme designed to remove delays and problems associated with deposit protection. We’ve held numerous focus groups with landlords, letting agents and tenants, along with our sponsor, the National Landlords Association, to form a detailed blueprint of how we can improve. We are delighted that landlords and letting agents will soon have a genuine choice of which custodial scheme they use and look forward to welcoming anyone who wants to change from their current provider.
Our scheme continues to go from strength to strength having also been chosen by the Jersey States as the sole supplier of a custodial tenancy deposit protection scheme on the island which launched earlier this month.”

The announcement comes off the back of new research from Mydeposits which shows that tenant awareness of TDP in England and Wales has reached an all-time high.
The findings reveal that 82% of tenants say they are aware of the law, which aims to protect their deposit money from being unfairly withheld at the end of the tenancy by landlords and agents. Awareness has risen by 10% (up from 72%) in the past two years.

Mr Hooker, commented: “This rise in awareness is significant because the law is designed to protect tenants’ money. The General Election will no doubt have played a significant part in bringing more attention to private housing and tenants’ issues over the last few months, and we hope that this continues because it’s vital that all tenants know and understand their rights.”


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Recardo

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14:04 PM, 12th November 2015, About 9 years ago

My deposits was chosen because I held the deposit. If a good tenant they get it back ,sometimes even before they vacated, in order to pay their next deposit.

The deposit still has to be refunded if no damage was done and the tenant can fight for it if not returned, so letting someone else hold it makes no difference.

If a bad tenant let them sweat for it through all the tribunals.

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14:31 PM, 12th November 2015, About 9 years ago

TDS will also start operating a custodial scheme.

With the DPS already providing custodial and insured schemes, it means that all three providers will be offering both types of schemes.

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