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10 June 2008

Low Dispute Rates Over Tenancy Deposits Encouraging, Says TDS The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has welcomed the fact that the first year of mandatory tenancy deposit protection has produced a lower than expected dispute rate... read more


31 March 2008

Update of TDS documentation: TDS forms can now be completed on screen and saved to your own computer and printed out... See documents and forms... read more


7 March 2008

Timely submission of evidence Adjudications are made on the basis of the material sent to us. It is not for us to go looking for evidence... read more


 

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The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has been established under the Housing Act 2004. It requires landlords to register details of the start and end of all Assured Shorthold Tenancies on which they take a deposit. The Dispute Service (TDS) runs this particular scheme and is required to supply summarised details of all tenancies to [the Department of] Communities and Local Government (CLG).

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has been set up to service three principle objectives:

1

Protect deposits through the tenancy

2

Ensure the return of the deposit promptly at the end of the tenancy, where there is no dispute about the deposit

3

Where there is a dispute about the deposit at the end of the tenancy, ensure it is dealt with fairly and quickly by the Independent Complaints Examiner (ICE)