Funds To Tackle Criminal Landlords Not Enough

New funds to tackle criminal landlords are not enough, argues a leading landlord body. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) was speaking following confirmation of the 48 councils to share in the Government’s £5 million fund to tackle criminal landlords. Whilst the RLA welcomes efforts to root out criminal landlords it is arguing that the money announced is not sufficient to tackle the minority of landlords who cause misery for their tenants. It is also warning that the funds could be wasted by local authorities because of a system that fails to free up local authorities to target the hard to find criminals. In 2014, Professor Michael Ball of Reading University warned that the costs of enforcement were being borne by good landlords at the expense of criminals. Read more on the RLA website.