Almost a quarter of students lost part of their rental deposit when they left their accommodation at the end of the last academic year, according to new research.
Fresh figures released by The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) show that 22% of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they vacated their property, with landlords often citing a lack of cleaning as the main reason for keeping the money.
According to the DPS, cleaning is the most common cause of a tenancy deposit dispute in the private rented property sector.