Landlords criticise register plans
Property professionals
9th June 2009
Proposals published by the government to introduce a national register of landlords in England have been criticised by industry leaders.
According to the National Landlords Association (NLA), the suggested system is "overly intrusive", as those renting out property would be required to register addresses of all the homes they let.
The government plans were released eight months after production of the Rugg Review into the private-rented sector, liability insurance seekers may be interested to know.
Under the proposals, the registration scheme would be administered by an independent body and landlords would be charged a small fee to use a number on tenancy agreements, at local authority housing benefit offices and in court proceedings.
However, the NLA claimed that a landlord registration system in Scotland, launched in April 2006, has been "a total failure" and stated that "any new legislation in England must focus on both driving up standards in the industry and rooting out rogue landlords".
Meanwhile, recent research from Citizens Advice indicated that agencies let around 60 per cent of privately rented homes in Britain on behalf of landlords.
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