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29th April 2009
Warm Welcome The newly appointed Outreach Manager to the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, Helen McCarthy, has been warmly welcomed by member firms. read more
3rd April 2009
Tenancy Deposit Scheme Approaches the Billion Pound Mark At the approach of the second anniversary of mandatory tenancy deposit protection next week (on Monday April 6), the Tenancy Deposit Scheme reports that it is protecting over £800 million pounds in tenants deposits, an increase of a quarter of a billion pounds in less than 12 months. 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 principal 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)
Has your deposit been registered with TDS?
You can now check on-line to see if your deposit has been registered with TDS. To find
out how please click on the blue button in the right hand column.
