Letting agents could be breaking the law by discriminating against DSS tenants

The EU's Fifth Money Laundering Directive is slated to come into play in January, requiring UK letting agents dealing in rents above €10k per month to carry out AML checks on their clients.

46% of London letting agents inspected in the last 15 months "do not comply with the law"; rogue agents have paid more than £1.2m in fines in that time.

Knight Frank is writing "Covid-19 clauses" into super-prime lettings agreements, enabling tenants to secure a property but only start paying rent once the Coronavirus lockdown is lifted.