Candid Commons Committee Clash Over Landlord Licensing Schemes

A London Mayor has been blunt about what bad landlords should face in his borough – lose your business; lose the house. But Sir Robin Wales, Mayor of Newham, had his borough’s record on bad landlords equally bluntly thrown back at him by David Cox, chief executive of ARLA Propertymark, during a Communities and Local Government Committee evidence session on the Private Rented Sector. Newham pioneered borough-wide landlord licensing. Cox told the committee landlord licensing “has never worked and never will work”. Read more on 24housing.

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