Queen’s Speech promises action on housing market and letting agent fees

by: Owain Thomas

21/06/2017
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Queen’s Speech promises action on housing market and letting agent fees

The Conservative minority government has pledged to bring forward a housing bill in the next parliamentary session.

Details of the Bill were included within the Queen’s Speech, announced this morning.

“Proposals will be brought forward to ban unfair tenant fees,promote fairness and transparency in the housing market, and help ensure more homes are built,” the Queen said.

A Bill to continue the progress of the High Speed Two rail line will also be brought forward.

The session will last two years in an attempt to give priority to the necessary Brexit legislation which must be passed.

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Owain Thomas is Features and Contributing Editor at Mortgage Solutions. He has previously covered the protection and mortgage industry, more recently he edited Workplace Savings and Benefits, and HRD Connect. Owain won the Financial Healthcare Journalist of the Year (B2B) at the Headline Money Awards in 2014 and 2016. He also won the Protection Review's Journalist of the Year award in 2012.

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