UK Landlord Forum / Life

My council is demanding to see the tenancy agreements between me and my HMO tenants. I have nothing to hide but I am wondering if I would be contravening any Data Protection laws. There is a lot of personal info on the contracts (names, email addresses, phone numbers, bank account details). I gave the council the names of all my tenants a few weeks ago but now they want to see the contracts. Just wondered if this is normal. Thanks

Quote from: Nap3 on September 17, 2014, 07:39:16 PM
My council is demanding to see the tenancy agreements between me and my HMO tenants. I have nothing to hide but I am wondering if I would be contravening any Data Protection laws. There is a lot of personal info on the contracts (names, email addresses, phone numbers, bank account details). I gave the council the names of all my tenants a few weeks ago but now they want to see the contracts. Just wondered if this is normal. Thanks

Does your council require a HMO licence to be obtained? 

You could try sending them a copy of the agreements with everything apart from Mr redacted.

I definitely don't need a licence as I don't have enough rooms to let. It is a student let so I am thinking that they need the names so they can verify that the tenants are actual students. It just strikes me as overkill that they need to see a copy of the tenancy agreements.

Ask them why, then spout the DPA and see where they go from there.

ok, thanks. Sounds like a good idea. 

They want to know that you have given them agreements.

Give them the names and a blank copy of the agreement they have all signed.

Don't quote Data protection, it makes you an arse, IMO.

Many thanks