NRLA backs landlord database plan

NRLA backs landlord database plan

9:53 AM, 6th August 2024, About 4 months ago 35

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The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has thrown its weight behind government plans for a new landlord database, insisting it could be a tool to weed out criminal landlords.

However, it warns against unnecessary red tape for responsible landlords.

As a member of the Lettings Advisory Board, the NRLA has helped shape proposals for the new Labour government.

That includes a landlord database, which the NRLA believes can ‘create transparency of property safety and drive rogue landlords from the sector’.

The board, established by property portal Zoopla, aims to improve the private rented sector (PRS) for landlords, tenants and industry professionals.

Driving rogue and criminal landlords out

The NRLA’s deputy director for campaigns, public affairs and policy, Meera Chindooroy, said: “We are committed to raising standards and driving rogue and criminal landlords out of the sector and – implemented in the right way – the new database can help do that.

“We know from our own research that the approach to enforcement varies across local authority areas.

“The new system has the potential to challenge these disparities in a simple and affordable way, allowing councils to focus on identifying and dealing with landlords who are not compliant.”

She adds: “The NRLA has already met with housing minister Matthew Pennycook and will work constructively to bring about fair and workable reform that will allow the government to meet its commitment to tenants while supporting responsible landlords and encouraging investment.”

Raise standards in the private rented sector

The NRLA says it has been vocal about government aims to raise standards in the private rented sector (PRS) – without adding to the administrative burden faced by landlords.

The board has now written to new government with a set of proposals for the PRS which includes:

  • Raise standards by levelling the playing field for those letting and managing rented homes
  • Safeguard the quality of accommodation
  • Help tenants know the property they are renting is safe.
  • Help regulatory authorities to identify those who do not meet the required standards.

Importance of having industry input

The letter also stresses the importance of having industry input when designing the database to ensure it delivers its intended purposes and is linked to the ambition for a decent homes standard.

The board says a database that is accessible to property portals and lenders could create automated regulation and enforcement, allowing local authorities to focus their efforts on properties that do not hold required safety certificates.

More details about the government’s Renters’ Rights Bill are expected when it is published later this year.


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GARY RIVETT

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20:28 PM, 6th August 2024, About 4 months ago

A landlord's register what a fuc&%$£ joke. All the crap we get from tenants and this poxy government wants a landlord's register. There are millions more bad tenants than there are bad landlords, yet when, as landlords, we get a bad tenant, it costs us many thousands of pounds to sort out with no redress This one-sided penalisation will no doubt cost landlords more money and hassle, yet tenants are free from any such hindrance. The NRLA is a joke they should be called Shelter 2.
I am in complete agreement with the identification and punishment of bad landlords but they will just find a loophole to squeeze out of and it will be left to the good landlords to suffer yet again.
The sooner Nige gets in the better for all of us.

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21:34 PM, 6th August 2024, About 4 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 06/08/2024 - 10:28
I agree and this could be a very useful scammers reference book.
They will know our address, what assets we own and other details.
NO THANK YOU!

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8:50 AM, 7th August 2024, About 4 months ago

I'm in my late fifties, I live on my own in a flat where 80% of the flats are tenanted. I'd live in fear if they all knew I'm a landlord because the media and government portray us as nasty people. Who's going to keep me safe?

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8:59 AM, 7th August 2024, About 4 months ago

Maybe they could call the new database ‘Horizon for Housing’. What could possibly go wrong?

I look forward to hearing that Fujitsu have won the contract.

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11:00 AM, 7th August 2024, About 4 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Darren Peters at 06/08/2024 - 10:00
It should also include a letting / management details and feedback so lanlords dont have to cover costs of poor performance, eg
poor vetting,
hidden charges,
failure to inspect, including mould
unnecessary repairs

I think most landlords have suffered from such things without recourse.

There should be open data on disputes on agents (have people seen the TPO budget and lack of transparency), and on deposit scheme

It will help get rid of the bad practice of the few, which drive up costs, and hence rent

Jim K

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12:09 PM, 7th August 2024, About 4 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 06/08/2024 - 10:37If LL who have tenants leave owing money actually pursued them.
Then there would be a database.
The CCJ register.
We are our own worst enemy in this respect.

Michael Thomas

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13:59 PM, 7th August 2024, About 4 months ago

So whose side are the NRLA on? What about a national tenants database? What about standing up for us against this ridiculous and short sighted Renters rights bill that is going to send rents even higher and driving even more landlords out of the sector.

PH

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15:04 PM, 7th August 2024, About 4 months ago

This government needs to get the 'selling' aspect of the RRB absolutely fair . Never mind that the Crown have rights over our property the fact is we have used OUR money and placed OUR necks on the line not the Crown or anyone else. If we choose to sell OUR house then tenants have to leave and find somewhere else to live.. I'm sure they can manage that. We should not be having to basically plead with a judge to 'give us our house back please mister' it should never come to that else what have we become as a nation . BUT...what shouldn't happen is tenants being evicted and then the LL chooses not to sell and lets it out again, that is a definite no-no. Once a tenant is evicted for selling reasons then the house must be sold . I agree with the proposals of a minimum initial term but 2 years is maybe stretching it a bit ...1 year is fair. I agree that if a tenant is diagnosed with a terminal illness they should be allowed to stay although some terminal illnesses can last many years . Having to be means tested to sell up is absolutely ridiculous as we all know the outcome of that before it's started . Without doubt the selling proposal from Pennycook needs more thought and I really do hope that the NRLA throw their weight (?) behind this to equal things out .

GARY RIVETT

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15:49 PM, 7th August 2024, About 4 months ago

Reply to the comment left by PH at 07/08/2024 - 15:04If I am not in contract with a tenant, then I should be able to get MY house back whenever I want and for ANY reason because it is MY house,
Section 21 is good for both the tenant and landlord as this allows the LL to get the property back without too much hassle and allows the tenant to move on and hopefully learn that being a reprobate will get them evicted. The tenant will of course not get a black mark against them as they would with a Section 8 eviction.
I thought every LL knew this.
I assumed it was just the Government and some tenants who didn't know.

GARY RIVETT

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16:00 PM, 7th August 2024, About 4 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Zen at 07/08/2024 - 08:50
No one, simply because you are a Landlord and have worked hard to try to better yourself, this is now punishable.

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