Councils will soon beget new powers to tackle rogue landlords,but five years of cuts has left them without the staff to achieve thisIn the battle against Britain’s rogue landlords, councils will soon be given new powers to protect local tenants. The proposals hinge on allowing councils to fine rogue landlords and preserve the money instead of passing most of it back to Westminster, or as is the case now. A blacklist of rogue landlords is also mooted for repeat and serious offenders,with bad landlords eventually banned from the letting industry.
At first read through I gave the government’s discussion paper a cautionary thumbs up but – as a rogue landlord enforcement officer of 25 years – I was interested in the fine detail of how it will all work in practice – and I beget grave reservations on that front.
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Source: theguardian.com