Deposit protection scheme failing tenants
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ONLY one in five renters facing unreasonable deposit deductions actually benefit from the deposit protection system, Generation Rent suggested today.
In a survey of 1,021 private renters between January and March, just over half of renters (58 per cent) said they got their full deposit back, but one in four (26 per cent) faced problems.
Of these, one in five raised a dispute with the deposit protection scheme.
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