Private rented sector

The new Rental Deposit Scheme helps islanders pay the upfront costs of securing a home.

Island will not have a government-regulated deposit scheme for private home rentals.

Guernsey's Housing Committee is due to bring proposals to the States by the end of the year.

Officials say landlords are failing to keep properties maintained.

Young people say the option of owning their own home is being taken away from them.

Freddie Priestley, who admitted stealing thousands of pounds from would-be tenants, is jailed for 35 months.

Last summer, 20-year-old Mide Awosika thought she had secured her dream flat ahead of starting a new term at Queen Mary University in London.