Property News · June 1, 2016

Why landlords should pass a fitting person test and criminal record checks | Penny Anderson


Being a landlord is a privilege, and it shouldn’t be available to everybody: with the power they have over their tenants should come a sense of responsibilityThere are more private landlords than ever. Many are reasonable. Some are even excellent, but letting property is largely unrestricted.Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has highlighted the failure of his predecessor Boris Johnson to sign up 100,000 landlords to his much vaunted London Rental Standard, which aims to help landlords with things such as having a gas safety check every year, and the laws around deposits and fire safety. After two years in operation, the scheme had attracted fewer than 2,000 landlords in addition to the 13,300 it inherited. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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