Has Your Landlord Failed to Protect Your Rental
Deposit?
Over 500,000 landlords may have failed to protect tenant deposits in a government-backed scheme. If your deposit wasn’t secured, you could be entitled to compensation.
Adv. Alisha Butler
Tenancy Deposit Solicitor
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How Much Tenancy Deposit Can I Claim?
You could receive up to 3 times your deposit for each instance where your landlord failed to meet legal
requirements.
To give you a clearer idea of what you might be owed, check out the table below for more details.
Tenancy Deposit | Maximum Compensation (per breach) | Compensation after No-Win-No-Fee |
£300 | £900 | £675 |
£600 | £1,800 | £1,350 |
£800 | £2,400 | £1,800 |
£1.200 | £3,600 | £2,700 |
£2,100 | £4,800 | £3,600 |
£3.200 | £6,300 | £4,725 |
£4,000 | £9,600 | £7,200 |
“We never thought we’d get anything back.”
How Do Landlords Fail to Protect Tenancy Deposits?
Many landlords fail to follow the law by not placing tenant deposits into a government-backed tenancy deposit scheme. This leaves your deposit unprotected, which is against UK regulations.
If your landlord didn’t:
Secure your deposit in an approved scheme,
Provide you with information about the scheme, or
Return your deposit after your tenancy ended,
You could be entitled to compensation.
400,000+ tenants said they were unsure, while
190,000+ said their deposits weren’t protected.
What about you?
Based on the latest English Housing Survey, many tenants in the UK stated they weren’t sure where
their deposits were held. If you think you might be one of them, use these signs to check:
Late Deposit Protection Rights
If your landlord didn’t protect your deposit within 30 days of receiving it, even if they eventually did, you could still be eligible for compensation.
Unfair Deposit Deductions
Have you faced unfair deductions from your deposit? This could be a sign that your deposit wasn’t properly protected, making you eligible for a claim.
Deposit wasn’t Returned
If your landlord hasn’t returned your deposit or refuses to, you might have the right to claim compensation.
Stayed Beyond the Agreed Term?
Your deposit should stay protected for the entire length of your tenancy. If it wasn’t, this could be grounds for a claim.
Missing Deposit Information?
If you never received confirmation from an approved protection scheme, your deposit might not be protected, and you could have a case for compensation.
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