Rogue Landlord Enforcement Funding Cut By 25%

Councils across England have cut the amount they are spending on enforcement work to tackle criminal landlords by a quarter in less than 10 years. Whilst spending by local authorities in England on housing standard activities was £44.5 million in 2009/10, by 2017/18 that had fallen to £33.5 million, a drop of £11m. With over 150 Acts of Parliament containing more than 400 regulations affecting the private rented sector, the RLA is arguing that better enforcement of these laws, backed up by greater funding, is key to driving out the minority of landlords who can make life a misery for tenants and bring the sector into disrepute. Read more on the RLA website.

https://news.rla.org.uk/rogue-landlord-enforcement-funding-cut-by-25/