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Mon 07 Jul 2008Standards for housing to let spell end of the bedsit
THE TRADITIONAL one-room bedsit where toilet facilities are shared with other occupants of a house will be phased out under new legal minimum standards for rented accommodation, it has emerged.
The new standards due to come into force early next year will replace the current 15-year-old laws which have been widely criticised for not being rigorous enough.
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