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Is the government’s PRS Database registration putting landlords at risk?
8:57 AM, 24th September 2026, 7 days ago
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Hello, Although such cases may be in the minority, we had a tenant who turned out to be a criminal. He passed our excellent usual letting agents checks, but DBS checks are not done and would anyway require agreement from the individual, hardly likely to be given by someone with a “dodgy” past.
He viciously vandalised his flat, scared other tenants into leaving, threatened us continuously and went on to set fire to his flat during the (pre-RRA) S21 eviction process before bailiffs.
On one occasion he visited our home (150 miles from the flat he occupied) at night and sabotaged the brakes of our car, days before we were due to drive the 150 miles for a court hearing to evict him.
He had our home address on his AST. As you may understand, we are now very wary of letting tenants know our home address, but I believe we are obliged to disclose it on the forthcoming Landlord Registration database.
Is this yet another example of our darling government’s campaign against landlords?
Thanks,
Gary
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Landlord Concerns, Landlord Database, landlord privacy, Landlord Registration, landlord safety, PRS database, section 21, Tenant referencing, threatening tenants
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8:12 PM, 25th September 2026, About 5 days ago
Reply to the comment left by David at 25/09/2026 – 20:10
Yes you are probably right here. They really don’t care about landlords and it is why we have mainly exited. Hope to have the last English one gone soon.