Li Xueqin was threatened by a rogue agent when renting a house. What should she do if she encounters this situation?

Black intermediary refers to the behavior of defrauding large amounts of public and private property by fabricating facts or concealing the truth for the purpose of illegal possession.

The public found that intermediaries were operating without licenses and registrations; renting out partitions; driving up rents, maliciously withholding rents and deposits; publishing false advertisements and false housing information; using threats, intimidation and other violent means or taking Complaints and reports can be made directly through the hotline for soft violence such as blocking keyholes, cutting off water and electricity, insulting and harassing people, verbal intimidation, evicting tenants, forcibly collecting various fees and other behaviors that infringe on the interests of the masses.

Since this kind of behavior does not use violence at all, but is carried out in a calm or even "happy" atmosphere, and the victims generally have poor awareness of prevention, they are more likely to be deceived.

In August 2018, Beijing took the lead in proposing requirements for the release of housing information on Internet platforms with the purpose of cleaning up false housing information and standardizing information release entities. Starting from September 1st, all Internet platforms must publish standardized housing information in accordance with the requirements. Therefore, if you encounter a black intermediary, you can protect your own interests through legal means.

The main methods used by black intermediaries to defraud money are as follows:

Method 1: Promise in advance not to charge intermediary fees, and force the intermediary fees after signing the contract

Method Two: Renting a house with illegal partitions, and then taking advantage of the policy to "wash the house"

Method three: After taking the tenant to see the house, if the tenant rents elsewhere, he will ask for a "jumping fee"

Method 4: After signing the contract, demand fees from the tenant for various reasons and force the tenant to move out

Method 5: Ask the tenant to move out on the grounds that the landlord wants to take back the house without refunding the rent and deposit

Method 6: Find a reason not to return the deposit when the rental period is over

On April 19, 2018, the Beijing Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Commission Law Enforcement Brigade, in conjunction with the Municipal Industry and Commerce Law Enforcement Department, A joint inspection team was formed with the Chaoyang District Housing Authority to conduct a special law enforcement inspection of the housing rental market in key areas of Chaoyang. It was discovered that 24 intermediaries had illegal leasing, failed to register, and did not operate in the place of registration. They are now exposed. . The Beijing Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Commission stated that it will continue to severely crack down on behaviors that disrupt the order of the rental market and will not be lenient in immediately shutting down intermediaries that seriously violate laws and regulations.

On August 9, 2018, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, in conjunction with the Municipal Industry and Commerce Bureau, the Municipal Cyberspace Administration of China, the Municipal Communications Administration and the Real Estate Agency Industry Association, held intensive interviews with Lianjia, I Love My Home, and Maitian Online , Centaline Real Estate, 21st Century Real Estate, NetEase, Sina, 58.com, Ganji.com, Anjuke, Baixing.com, Fangtianxia and other major housing information release websites require all platforms to standardize the release of housing information, and have proposed Internet platforms to release housing information. Specific requirements for source information.

After the ministry documents were issued, at least 16 cities have successively issued detailed rules, namely Chengdu, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Foshan, Kunming, Hefei, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Xuzhou, Wuhan, Yichang, Taiyuan, Lanzhou, Guiyang and Shenzhen.

At least 9 provinces (cities) have implemented the system at the provincial level, namely Chongqing, Shandong, Hubei, Zhejiang, Fujian, Yunnan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Guizhou.