{"id":2654,"date":"2023-06-02T14:32:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T14:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/?p=2654"},"modified":"2023-06-06T08:31:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T08:31:26","slug":"pets-private-rentals-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/pets-private-rentals-study\/","title":{"rendered":"One in Three Renters Forced to Break “No Pets” Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A survey of 1,000 adults currently renting private properties in the UK revealed that almost one in three own a pet within the property, even though the rental agreement states \u201cno pets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top-owned animals secretly kept in private rental properties included dogs (41.4%), cats (32.5%), rabbits (9.2%), and indoor birds (3.7%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Only 6% of the People Surveyed were Caught by Their Landlords<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Household Pets study found that of the 295 of the surveyed renters owning pets without their landlords\u2019 permission, only 18 of them had been caught out in previous rentals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were either caught due to landlord inspections (27.8%), posting on social media (50%), or neighbours tattling on them to the landlord (22.2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people who were found out by their landlords received Section 8 notices, which landlords use when they have a legal reason to end the tenancy, such as breaking the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, one person had to give their pet up to an animal rescue centre after their landlord found out, as they could not find different accommodation at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This individual stated that the grief of giving up their pet was \u201cfar worse\u201d than the guilt and stress of lying to their landlord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Law is Changing to Support Responsible Pet Owners in Private Rental Properties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The study carried out by Household Pets comes just weeks after the Renters\u2019 Reform Bill<\/a> was brought before Parliament on the 17th<\/sup> of May 2023, which will \u201censure landlords do not unreasonably withhold consent when a tenant requests to have a pet in their home…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, under this new law, landlords may request insurance to cover pet damage, and tenants will be solely responsible for preventing and resolving damage caused by their pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Very Few Private Rental Properties are Listed as “Pets Considered”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although figures estimate that 17,484,000 households own a pet in the UK, Zoopla<\/a> has previously reported that an average of only 7% of available rental properties are listed as \u201cpets considered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lack of private rentals available for pet owners could be considered unsurprising to some, as 85.3% of landlords and agents have incurred damage to their property by pets, as revealed by Property Mark<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A survey of 1,000 adults currently renting private properties in the UK revealed that almost one in three own a pet within the property, even though the rental agreement states \u201cno pets.\u201d The top-owned animals secretly kept in private rental properties included dogs (41.4%), cats (32.5%), rabbits (9.2%), and indoor birds (3.7%). Only 6% of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2654"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2696,"href":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654\/revisions\/2696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2654"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/householdpets.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=2654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}