A new scheme designed to assist landlords with housing
repairs has been slammed by a local MP. Writing in his column in the
Peterborough Telegraph, Stewart Jackson MP took aim at Peterborough City Council’s
initiative to deal with so-called slum landlords. The scheme plans to assist
these landlords with housing repairs using £1.2m of public money from the
capital budget. In his article, Jackson wrote: ‘Yes – these are landlords
currently collecting rents for tenants already living in their substandard or
dangerous properties – but who apparently cannot afford to repair and maintain
their own properties properly or meet the appropriate regulatory and licensing
arrangements.’ Mr Jackson said he thought it was a disgrace that landlords
expect the taxpayer to foot the bill for these improvements. Read more on the
Landlord News website.
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