Rental searches for pet friendly properties drop after law change
While pets remain the most common searched-for term overall - ahead of gardens, garages and furnishings, the lead at the top is shrinking.Renter searches for properties that allow pets fell by 54% in May and 52% in June compared with the same months a year earlier, according to the figures shared with the BBC. "They're family."Image source, Eve WilliamsonImage caption, Eve had to give up her dog - Khan - or face evictionKhan has since been happily re-homed, and Eve said she was delighted with the law change. Katie Smith, 29, from Swindon, has two cats - Pumpkin and Pippin - in her rental home.
- ▪While pets remain the most common searched-for term overall - ahead of gardens, garages and furnishings, the lead at the top is shrinking.Renter searches for properties that allow pets fell by 54% in May and 52% in June compared with the sa
- ▪"They're family."Image source, Eve WilliamsonImage caption, Eve had to give up her dog - Khan - or face evictionKhan has since been happily re-homed, and Eve said she was delighted with the law change.
- ▪Katie Smith, 29, from Swindon, has two cats - Pumpkin and Pippin - in her rental home.
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Rental searches for pet friendly properties drop after law changeImage source, Getty ImagesByKevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentPublished1 minute agoRightmove searches for rental properties that allow pets have plummeted since law changes gave renters more rights.Following the introduction of the new rules, pet searches dropped by more than 50% in May and June compared with a year earlier.Landlords in England cannot unreasonably refuse pets in their properties under changes made in May in the Renters' Rights Act.But agents say some renters wrongly believe permission to have a pet is guaranteed, and landlords say some homes remain unsuitable for multiple pets or large dogs."Landlords must consider requests fairly and cannot unreasonably refuse them, but they can still decline where…
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