House of Commons Committee report – Regulation of private renting

House of Commons Committee report – Regulation of private renting

8:21 AM, 13th April 2022, About 2 years ago 15

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The House of Commons Committee have today 13th April 2022 released their report investigating the regulation of the Private Rental Sector (PRS). This includes recommendations to the government that they have two months to respond to. Click here for the summary and to download the full report.

The summary concludes that: “The sector is failing far too often to provide safe and secure homes for renters, with 13% (589,000) of privately rented properties currently posing a serious threat to the health and safety of renters, costing the NHS an estimated £340 million each year. Tenants are unable to realise their right to a safe and secure home due to an inaccessible and complex regulatory framework and the threat of retaliatory eviction.”

“Regulation by local authorities is under capacity and not providing appropriate and consistent protection for tenants. The sector is a postcode lottery of local authority enforcement, with 21% of all privately rented homes in one region estimated to be severely unsafe. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (the Department) does not know what base level of resource local authorities need to ensure landlords comply with legal minimum standards, and it is not proactive enough in supporting them to regulate effectively.

“The Department has only made piecemeal legislative changes in recent years, and in doing so has made the regulatory system even more overly complex and difficult to navigate for tenants, landlords and local authorities.”


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LaLo

18:43 PM, 13th April 2022, About 2 years ago

Oh’ for the good old days 1000bc when you could rent out a mud hut and and if they complained or rent wasn’t paid - they were be-headed. Life was so simple then!!

Kevin Fallon

11:57 AM, 14th April 2022, About 2 years ago

It's seems to me the vocal minorities are decided on a policy welfare housing at top specifications at below market value.
The so called charitable housing trusts reek of backhanders and jobs for the in crowd. How much are these top managers on ?
I suspect a fair amount of their stock is borderline, and not paying council tax on voids, its not a straight game.
I'm in the process of selling most of my portfolio, never going to win in a society that wants it all but won't work to pay for it.

Rennie

16:36 PM, 20th April 2022, About 2 years ago

Its got absolutely j.s. (make up your own words folks) to do with compliance or bad landlords and ladies and they know it. Over regulation is the problem. Help landlords to be the best they can be and charge tenants when they wreck and destroy. Simples!

TheMaluka

6:44 AM, 21st April 2022, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Rennie at 20/04/2022 - 16:36
Tenants would never wreck and destroy - ask Shelter !

Chris @ Possession Friend

8:30 AM, 21st April 2022, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by David Price at 21/04/2022 - 06:44According to Tenant support groups, there is ' no such thing ' as a bad tenant - so blinkered and biased are their views.

Contrast this with condemnation by landlords of the tiny minority of poor operators who give the sector a 'bad name' - pity Tenant groups didn't appreciate the same principle. !/>

This bias is actually negatively affecting the 85 - 95 % of Good, law-abiding Tenants.
There's none so blind as them that cannot see !

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