Government promises to address landlord privacy concerns amid PRS database rollout
5 months ago | 57 comments
Putting your home address on Labour’s public Landlord Database?
9:50 AM, 16th February 2026, 2 months ago
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I, having left the PRS, would not be putting my home address on Labour’s ill-thought-out and honestly quite dangerous publicly accessible Landlords Database. Even more so, as it would appear when no longer a PRS landlord, you cannot be removed.
Yes, tenants have, as legally required, an address for their PRS Landlord if the landlord is self-managing. But prospective tenants do not, nor does the general public or media.
Personally, I’m looking forward to the first court case brought by a landlord (for themselves AND their family members) with the possible defences of:
a breach of ECHR and HR Acts (Article 8),
Protection From Harassment Act (s4);
Crime and Disorder Act (s32);
Criminal Justice Act 1988/2003 (s39). There are others.
For not complying, i.e giving their home address on Labour’s public PRS Landlords Database.
I doubt if the NRLA will be doing anything, though they should IF, as they claim, they support PRS landlords and lobby MPs on their behalf and taking substantial sums of money from many PRS landlords.
What do other landlords think about the PRS Database?
Thanks,
Judith
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Member Since December 2023 - Comments: 1590
10:54 AM, 16th February 2026, About 2 months ago
The wider public do not need to know that the property is occupied by a tenant.
They certainly do not need to know the landlord’s name and address. This information should be encrypted and only available to those that need the information.
Until details are known about the fields in the database, it’s not worth worrying too much about it.
Member Since February 2024 - Comments: 72
1:06 PM, 16th February 2026, About 2 months ago
I think it’s disgusting and it frightens me …. I live on my own,, how do I know if some crazed idiot is going to attack my home, or me because I own property? It’s plain persecution if this list is made public and an invasion of privacy.
Member Since September 2018 - Comments: 3538 - Articles: 5
1:36 PM, 16th February 2026, About 2 months ago
Reply to the comment left by Sally Robinson at 16/02/2026 – 13:06
had this myself. Death threats to my life already – involved Police etc.
There is no way I am putting my home address on any public database. I have already clouded out my own home on Google maps.
Member Since May 2014 - Comments: 620
3:26 PM, 16th February 2026, About 2 months ago
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 13:36
If our names and addresses are made public it will be an invitation to fraudsters and thugs.
If we must have our details on a public database perhaps a PO Box number would be a better option.
Member Since March 2015 - Comments: 1
4:04 PM, 16th February 2026, About 2 months ago
This is one of the most worrying aspects of the Renters Rights Bill. I really do not want to put a target on my back. It must constitute a gross invasion of my tenants’ privacy as well, if I am required to state publicly that their home is rented, how many bedrooms it has etc.
Member Since December 2023 - Comments: 31
9:48 AM, 17th February 2026, About 2 months ago
My name and address are already publicly available on the Companies House web page as the director of the limited company through which I buy property.
I could provide a PO box or similar to use as the publicly available service address to protect my privacy, but I still have to provide my residential address for companies house’s private database.
If they can require names and addresses for directors, I don’t imagine there will be much of a legal basis to challenge similar requirements for landlords.
Member Since September 2018 - Comments: 3538 - Articles: 5
9:54 AM, 17th February 2026, About 2 months ago
Reply to the comment left by Stella at 16/02/2026 – 15:26
they wont allow this as you need a proper address for tenant/courts to serve notices to.
Member Since May 2021 - Comments: 392
6:57 PM, 17th February 2026, About 2 months ago
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 17/02/2026 – 09:54
The landlord and the council are the only ones who need any landlords contact information. My rental is a PRS house ie, PRIVATE, it’s an arrangement with another PRIVATE PERSON therefore my contact information and the tenants information will remain this way. GDPR laws are there for a reason, to protect our private information. I would like to think that any pushback by the NRLA will be appreciated and respected by the government.
Member Since April 2022 - Comments: 132
8:21 PM, 17th February 2026, About 2 months ago
The concern here is understandable. My 14 year old daughter has expressed discomfort in sharing that her parents are landlords, as she perceives a real negative sentiment towards landlords among her peers. These same peers love the Green Party and hate Reform, and as far as I can tell, their views are mainly derived from Tiktok etc. It only ever takes one nutter.
Member Since April 2023 - Comments: 176
12:47 PM, 18th February 2026, About 2 months ago
Councils have a public register of HMO’s. At some point in time, private addresses were removed and they now only show company addresses. The address box for many landlords is left blank. Our council also used to publish a public register of empty homes but they don’t do this any more because of data protection. They will give the total number of empty homes but nothing else. I would hope the same applies when it comes to the new database.