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Government plans for rental market remain unworkable
Government plans for the private-rented sector remain unworkable, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA), the leading representative body for private-residential landlords in the UK.
Plans announced today include the development of a ‘Trip Adviser’ style feedback website which would allow tenants to post views on rental accommodation and landlords. In addition, the Government has reaffirmed its commitment to establishing a National Register for Landlords which would allow tenants to gather information on the track record of prospective landlords including the condition of their properties and how quickly they fix any faults.
The NLA is opposed to websites which offer landlords the opportunity to feedback on their tenants. It is also opposed to the planned ‘Trip Adviser’ style website encouraging tenants to post views on their landlords. The website would require such intensive management and scrutiny so as to make it unworkable and ineffective. As with all subjective feedback sites, negative experiences considerably outweigh the positive.
Furthermore, lists of landlords in the form of the proposed National Register will not root out rogue operators from the sector. In fact, the likely consequence of these plans would be to penalise the law-abiding while at the same time drive the worst landlords under the radar. The proposed National Register would neither protect tenants nor support local authority enforcement activity.
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