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As Peers prepare to discuss the Renters’ Rights Bill, the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) says that Labour’s reforms are doomed to fail without proper enforcement.
The landlords’ organisation is highlighting the huge burden the Bill places on local authorities since they will need to deal with substantial changes.
Those changes include the Decent Homes Standard, measures to combat damp and mould and a new private rented housing database.
However, the NRLA points to Freedom of Information data which highlights that less than half of fines issued to criminal landlords in England between 2021 and 2023 were collected.
Also, 49% of English councils issued no fines at all during that period.
The NRLA’s chief executive, Ben Beadle, said: “For too long the vast majority of decent, responsible landlords have been tarnished by the actions of a minority of rogue operators failing to provide good enough housing.
“If planned reforms are to work, councils need to up their game at finding and rooting out those who have no place renting property out and making it easier for the law-abiding majority providing decent and safe homes.”
He added: “Our report today suggests local authorities will struggle to enforce much of what is in the Renters’ Rights Bill.
“Without further action, the only winners from all this will be the minority of unscrupulous landlords.”
The Bill’s introduction coincides with financial strain on local governments, with one in four councils in England anticipating the need for emergency cash bailouts.
Coupled with ongoing organisational reforms, housing development demands and the social care crisis, councils are facing serious challenges.
The NRLA cautions that these pressures will hinder effective enforcement of the Bill.
It is now proposing several solutions:
The organisation also says there’s a need for a national Chief Environmental Health Officer position.
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10:31 AM, 12th February 2025, About A year ago
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12:23 PM, 12th February 2025, About A year ago
What’s he saying that for.
They will want to get funding from landlords to pay for the enforcement.
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13:16 PM, 12th February 2025, About A year ago
Reply to the comment left by Downsize Government at 12/02/2025 – 12:23
Well said! I do wonder if Ben is actually on our side. Instead of being nicey nicey, why not take a more hardline approach along the lines of Shelter etc.? Then there’ll be more chance of an acceptable middle ground?
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13:21 PM, 12th February 2025, About A year ago
Reply to the comment left by Neil P at 12/02/2025 – 13:16
I thought everyone knows by now that he is on the side of the tenants.
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15:01 PM, 12th February 2025, About A year ago
He never should have got the job to start with IMO.
I know some might think this is not a PC thing to say, but to me he does not look like someone to be taken seriously.
The NRLA think they know best when it comes to fighting for change and look where that has got us!
If it’s not working – Change your approach.
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15:04 PM, 12th February 2025, About A year ago
In a properly functioning rental market, the least desirable properties would remain empty.
It is the government’s own failings that has led to a population crisis which means even the most dreadful properties can attract tenants. Tenants can’t move out because there’s nowhere to move to.
Fix the population crisis and the tenant’s lot would improve.
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19:18 PM, 12th February 2025, About A year ago
You could not make it up.
The leader of the organisation that is supposed to be representing us . Is calling for more enforcement . The huge burden on the Council ?
What about the Huge Burden on Private Landlords.
We should all stop shooting ourselves in the Foot.
Do you see the Farmers acting like this.
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21:52 PM, 12th February 2025, About A year ago
He should be happy the RRB will fail as it deserves to fail as it is not balanced towards LLs but batters us.
Clearly those of the forum here know there is a car crash coming fast with Labour on PRS. If this is one of the car crashes, then lack of GDP growth is another.
Beadle needs to be talking up growth agenda for PRS. i.e Less regulation means higher growth for PRS and ALL stakeholder benefit.
Council already have laws to chase dodgy LLs not chase LLs for selective licence money making schemes that they claim are to ‘help level the playing field for responsible LLs’ (classic line used in all government PRS documents to justify bringing in red tape). We don’t need it leveling as demand outstrips supply.
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8:07 AM, 13th February 2025, About A year ago
Perhaps there should be a petition to get a new leader for the NRLA.
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20:37 PM, 13th February 2025, About A year ago
Beadle is a placeman who is deliberately or unwittingly doing a job.
The effect of his actions and those of the government are to eliminate small landlords and then replace them with large corporate landlords.
We see the new Lloyds Bank subsidiary which is going to have 50,000 houses in its portfolio by April,then we will see Legal and General and other major players taking over.
The government thinks that by making this move these big players will give them money to create ” growth”.
This of course won’t happen and because of the shortage of 250,000 construction workers and shortages of aggregate,bricks,cement ,sharp sand ,roof trusses,breeze blocks,plastic pipes the 17 million houses ( based on an extrapolation of predict and provide),which we are short and still need will not be built.
We will as a country see:
a) The elimination of small buy to let landlords
b) Massive increases in homelessness and poverty for those at the bottom of the food chain
c) More local authority bankruptcies
d) Rising local authority waiting lists unless hostels are built and the 47 million excess population over and above the UK’s optimum population of 35 million people is dramatically reduced.
Beadle will undoubtedly move on to bigger and better things as is the case with others in jobs where they have failed ( rewards for failure).