Research suggests UK tenants worried about deposit protection

The majority of private sector tenants in the UK are worried that the deposits they pay for their rented home are not protected. Under the law a deposit, the money held as a fund for any damage caused during the tenancy, should be put into a deposit scheme and not held by a landlord or a lettings agency. But some 70% of tenants are concerned that their deposit has not been placed in a protection scheme and believe their landlord or letting agent has kept the deposit, according to new research. T...