Member

I turn to Amendment 125. At the moment, the Bill rightly aims to end the blanket ban on pets in rental properties, providing tenants with the right to request to live with a pet. It does so by preventing landlords from “unreasonably” refusing such a request. But, again, that imports a troubling degree of uncertainty into the system and gives far too much latitude for a landlord to deny a request. The provision allows landlords to reject a tenant’s request simply based on personal preferences —such as a dislike of dogs or concerns about noise, for instance—without needing to provide any clear justification or evidence to support their refusal.