Direct Payment Offered In Exchange For Regulation

Housing benefit could be paid direct to private landlords in return for greater regulation of the sector, under proposals published by the Labour Party. In a paper, Private rented housing: improving standards for all, the party sets out a range of ideas that could be implemented if it was in power.  It suggests there should be a national register of private landlords, a new property standard encompassing tenancy and housing conditions, and stronger sanctions for bad landlords.  In return it says the sector would be offered ‘incentives that will form part of a “something for something” deal for landlords’. Options could include direct payment of housing benefit to landlords.  Download a copy of the paper from the Labour Party website.