In September, the housing minister, Gavin Barwell, said that banning tenant fees would result in higher rents, as landlords would pass on additional costs to renters.
They promise, among other things, to rid renters of fees, to connect them with honest brokers and to vet listings thoroughly.
Those for damage that was caused by previous renters; extra fees applied at airports, even though these were included in the original quote; poor vehicle condition; air-conditioning not working – the list of complaints goes on.
Nintendo said the chain of 600 stores was frequently copying the booklets and charging renters a fee if the manuals were lost.
(For renters, those extra fees are folded into monthly payments and may be less noticeable).
Letting fees Renters will save around £300 each from the ban on fees to tenants, plus there was a total £7.2bn package in measures to support housing.
The key was eliminating late fees: renters can keep up to three DVD's as long as they want, receiving a new movie as soon as they return a previous one.
Progress, because for the first time the government has recognised that one of the big hidden costs for the country's 9 million private renters are the fees paid to letting agents.
Philip Hammond vowed to impose a ban on what he called "rip-off" letting agency fees for renters.
That means more visits to the fast-moving chaos of eviction court — where landlords usually win and the fees for renters pile up.
