The Scottish Landlords Association has published its report on the performance of the the Scottish Landlord Registration Scheme.
One shocking part of the report points to it having cost taxpayers almost £1 million to weed out a single rogue landlord, that's if we presume they haven't been able to just have a relative register instead to rent out their property.
Can the Government really see value in rolling out a similar scheme in England?
• 162, 503 applications for Landlord Registration Received
• Only 19 landlords have had their registrations either refused or revoked over the almost 4 years of the scheme’s operation
• No unregistered landlords referred to the Procurator Fiscal
• C. £16.7M spent
• Variation over Local Authorities of both engagement with the sector and effectiveness of enforcement
• Landlord demand for training/advice – an equivalent spend on this would be likely to have a greater effect on raising standards in the sector
Go here to download the full report and read more
One shocking part of the report points to it having cost taxpayers almost £1 million to weed out a single rogue landlord, that's if we presume they haven't been able to just have a relative register instead to rent out their property.
Can the Government really see value in rolling out a similar scheme in England?
• 162, 503 applications for Landlord Registration Received
• Only 19 landlords have had their registrations either refused or revoked over the almost 4 years of the scheme’s operation
• No unregistered landlords referred to the Procurator Fiscal
• C. £16.7M spent
• Variation over Local Authorities of both engagement with the sector and effectiveness of enforcement
• Landlord demand for training/advice – an equivalent spend on this would be likely to have a greater effect on raising standards in the sector
Go here to download the full report and read more
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