We want to see an increase in good tenants, longer tenancies and fewer evictions?

issue.
LL’s provide a service so the idea of a register for all LL’s is in principle fine. Bit like having a Yellow Pages listing.
If the register is then so each LL can log their properties available for rent with all legal docs that are required (to be regarded as a compliant LL) like a gas cert. elec cert etc so all POTENTIAL tenants can see them before renting – again fine in principle. (NB gets rid of the need for (and cost of) selective licencing and HMO registers etc as all info in a National database.
How can you have a database for tenants? What need is there for someone to register as a tenant – what are they supposed to provide as evidence exactly?
If the only thing you are going to use it for is checking on ‘rogue’ ones so you don’t take them on, then this plays immediately into the hands of all the anti LL orgs out there as it is.
There will never be a mandated requirement for a tenant’s details to on a database like this (who puts it on anyway?) , even if your reasoning is ultimately one we would all agree with.

Reply to the comment left by DSR at 28/07/2023 – 14:20Hi thanks for the comment
The register is no different to the RRB landlord register it will contain details on tenants where landlords insert the information for their own tenants either praising their tenants or providing factual evidence of bad behaviour, rent arrears…. via ccj report, court decision, photos….
Not by mere subjective comments which will not be allowed ie no free txt.
Its value will come over time once register is in use abd used by a majority of landlords

Kindly circulate the link to all in the sector

Reply to the comment left by Parmeader shinh at 28/07/2023 – 19:03
I think you have missed the point completely. At a high level this is not going to work despite the idea being completely logical.

Any ‘RRB landlord register’ will be established by a body who will be completely independent for a start.

Who is going to set up a tenant one exactly?

Landlords don’t have that power themselves, there is no tenant who is going to see the point in having one as no benefit to them whatsoever, and if you are going use it for identifying ‘bad tenants’ then pro tenant bodies like Shelter and Gen rent are going to kick off as the intent is clearly anti tenant (not matter the type of tenant).

Not got a chance of getting this into effect. Dont waste your time.

If there is one for landlords then one for tenant is not only possible but equal and proportionate.

We’re having conversations with the Levelling dept on this

It’s for all landlords not tenants run buy a third party like any other information and data service eg bloomberg, experian, .which feeds off primary, secondary and tertiray data and information sources.

Doing nothing will mean in 5 to 10 years the government will pseudo own your btls and control who resides in them, dicatate much they pay, when they pay, who they pay to and the landlord will be the last on the payment list.

If your planning on selling your portfolio by then then it doesn’t effect you. I’m in it for the next 25 years

We appreciate the feedback.

Which is 1 from c2700000 landlords in the UK impacting c4.4m tenanted households c22m tenants.

It’s our moral responsibility, especially now, to do the best we can for tenants if we’re able to change behaviour in only 25% of tenancies over the next 5 years. High rents and defaults are here for the next 2 to 3 years.

With the register there will be a marked improvement in

Landlord/tenant relations

Reduction in the landlord hate campaigns it will never be and has been zero.

Burden on courts, eviction services so they can focus on the real rogue landlords and tenants in society. Better focused and use of time

Reduction in the backlog for Solicitors, balifs….ie time

Reduction in Eviction rates %

Reduction in arrears value £

Reduction in damage to property £

Reduction in anti social behaviour by tenants and landlords

It frees up limited manpower and finance to better deployed and utilised

I think a donation of £20 to£50 is a good ROI.

Even if you find only 1 tenant on the register as a good or bad one.

The savings are apparent c£30000. Ie cost of eviction in the UK

This is the advanced , secure and regulated “trustpilot” on tenants both residential and commercial

If the intiative does not fly the donations are returned, subject to platform fees I believe

https://www.property118.com/we-want-to-see-an-increase-in-good-tenants-longer-tenancies-and-fewer-evictions/

As an up date we’re receiving donations since Saturday 29th July
Thanks to property118.com and their support

Apart from the potential for defamation and data protection issues, what would happen to all the tenants with a negative database entry? Where would they live? The Council doesn’t have options for all the tenants who present as homeless now. It will never happen because the state couldn’t cope with the consequences. By the way, I dont say this because I disagree with the principle.

oh to be that idealistic….

Morals don’t come into this, reality does. What you want is not going to happen however much we all want it, so best move onto something else.

In which case be prepared to own property, be liable for it, yet have no control in how its managed, who stays there and how much they pay.
This will be the state in 5 to 7 years.

There only so many opportunities before its too late

Crowdfunding at

https://gofund.me/402ccf32

Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 28/07/2023 – 14:20

Has the government (or anybody) said that they will scrap licensing schemes and HMO registers when the Portal & Ombudsman come online? It makes no sense to have both as they duplicate information, work and costs, but I’ve not heard any discussion about scrapping licences & registers. I think LLs would be less concerned about the cost implication if they can stop paying for these two and join the new schemes (assuming that the cost and effort is not more than the current schemes).