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NRLA warns landlord database will fail tenants
12:01 AM, 29th November 2024, 1 year ago
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The NRLA has criticised the government’s plan for a landlord database as “bureaucratic”.
Under the Renters’ Rights Bill, a private rented sector database is set to be established, which the government claims will “give assurances to tenants”.
However, the NRLA has slammed the government for the lack of information on what will be included in the database.
Travesty if the database simply became a bureaucratic list of homes
Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, said: “The database of private rented properties must go beyond a basic directory. It needs to provide tenants with clear, meaningful information designed to empower informed decisions on their next home.
“This will help tenants identify the vast majority of homes that are safe, secure and well-managed by responsible landlords.
“It would be a travesty if the database simply became a bureaucratic list of homes and landlords with little else besides.”
Database will fail to help tenants
The NRLA warns that the database will fail to help tenants determine whether properties are safe and secure.
The landlord organisation suggests at a minimum, gas and electricity safety certificates should be fully digitised so they can be easily uploaded onto the database, alongside already digitised Energy Performance Certificates.
The NRLA also says the database should include a signed declaration by a landlord which confirms that a property meets the requirements of the planned decent homes standard for the sector.
The government says the database will provide tenants with better information to make informed decisions when entering into a tenancy agreement.
They also claim that landlords will need to be registered on the database to access certain possession grounds.
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decent homes standard, electricity safety, Energy Performance Certificates, gas safety, Housing Legislation, Landlord Database, Landlord Registration, NRLA, Private Rented Sector, property safety certificates, renters rights bill, tenant decision-making, tenant safety
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Member Since January 2024 - Comments: 341
11:19 AM, 29th November 2024, About 1 year ago
Who is the NRLA working for? They should be asking the government for a database of tenants.
Member Since September 2018 - Comments: 3508 - Articles: 5
11:51 AM, 29th November 2024, About 1 year ago
The NRLA warns that the database will fail to help tenants determine whether properties are safe and secure.
NOT the landlords problem! Why is he even concerned? Let Shelter have a rant.
Member Since May 2015 - Comments: 2188 - Articles: 2
11:53 AM, 29th November 2024, About 1 year ago
I agree that the database should include all safety certificates, BUT these should be automatically linked to the property and not be uploaded by the landlord. The database should also warn the landlord when certificates need renewing. It should be possible to include a means of communicating with the landlord through the database so that the landlord’s private address is not included.
Member Since May 2015 - Comments: 2188 - Articles: 2
11:55 AM, 29th November 2024, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by Ryan Stevens at 29/11/2024 – 11:19
I disagree. The NRLA should be DEMANDING the government introduce a database of tenants.
Member Since April 2024 - Comments: 28
1:16 PM, 29th November 2024, About 1 year ago
Why are the NRLA siding with the government to make the landlords task even more difficult?
With the lack of supply tenants are greatful to get a home, most have very little interest in the certificates we are obligated to give them.
If the NRLA didn’t have up to date documents I would have left months ago.
Member Since September 2018 - Comments: 111
3:21 PM, 29th November 2024, About 1 year ago
If you take a look at Rent Smart Wales the level of information that’s now required on each property is onerous and very intrusive. Furthermore what was meant to be a landlords register has turned into the Welsh Governments hit squad to threaten landlords with the withdrawal of their license at any minor perceived infraction.
Don’t forget though property is a passive investment with very little day to day input required!!!!!
Member Since January 2024 - Comments: 341
3:23 PM, 29th November 2024, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by Michael Johnson – Amzac Estates at 29/11/2024 – 15:21
More time and admin to add to the tenant’s rent.
Member Since May 2015 - Comments: 2188 - Articles: 2
3:32 PM, 29th November 2024, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by Ryan Stevens at 29/11/2024 – 15:23
An excellent way of putting it.
Member Since September 2018 - Comments: 111
3:45 PM, 29th November 2024, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by Ryan Stevens at 29/11/2024 – 15:23
That’s exactly what’s happening, in fact we are looking at our company portfolio and by the end of 2025 our minimum rent will be just under a £1000 per month for a 1 bed flat.
This is an unconscious government decision by mucking about with a free market and making a complete hash of it. Matthew Pennycook and previous housing secretary’s have never make the connection between an overregulated market and the product cost.
Member Since July 2016 - Comments: 154
4:00 PM, 29th November 2024, About 1 year ago
That is it. The last straw for me and my NRLA membership. This ludicrous organisation seems hell bent on making life more difficult for landlords. So, they are actually advocating a more detailed, more onerous, database than even the government was contemplating? What planet is Beadle on??