MPs call for rogue landlord ban
Tuesday 1st July 2014
A new cross-party report has suggested nationwide banning orders for bad landlords, a national licence for landlords, plus a guide for tenants on renting a property in order to tackle problems in the private rented sector.
The report entitled “Creating a better private rented sector” was published by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Friday. It suggested a full review of the PRS regulatory system to check its fit for purpose.
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) welcomed aspects of the report which it says “highlights the need for better enforcement by local authorities of the wide range of powers they already have to enforce standards.”
The RLA argues that the report rightly details pragmatic solutions such as civil penalties and banning orders to prevent criminal landlords from operating, together with a call for a clearer definition of what constitutes a “fit and proper” person to rent out properties.
On the subject of landlord registration, the report rightly proposes that the Government should look at the barriers preventing the use of landlords contact details already available through statutory tenancy deposit schemes or to local authorities rather than creating a vast new bureaucracy.
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