USI Welcomes the Strategy for the Rental Sector
[…]states Hoey. The strategy proposes measures for revising minimum standards and suggest rolling-out an inspection programme. The already existing minimum standards seem to be very extensive, and yet they had not been followed by the landlords. Even with increased inspections, only 25% of tenancies will be monitored by 2021. Unfortunately none of those actions ensure how will the execution of the new regulations be ensured. USI believes that a national Deposit Protection Scheme is the only way to effectively protect deposits. ‘This has been a talk about deposit retention scheme for a number of years now Therefore, we urge the […]