A council says it\u2019s introducing a new licensing scheme to clamp down on irresponsible landlords whose actions are affecting the health of tenants.<\/p>\n
The proposed schemes put forward by Croydon council are for a selective licensing regime which would, in the council\u2019s words, \u201cimprove poor property conditions.\u201d This would require all private landlords in 14 wards to hold a licence and to meet certain requirements, including taking action against bad tenants. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The wards concerned include some 32,000 privately rented properties \u2013 74% of the borough\u2019s total.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jason Perry, who holds the title of Executive Mayor, says in a statement: \u201cAs part of our work to improve housing standards across the borough we have done much to improve social housing. This proposal is about looking to use Council powers to do what we can to drive up standards in the private rented sector too.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have many responsible landlords in Croydon \u2013 this scheme will evidence their professionalism and highlight those who are irresponsible and currently bringing down the reputation of the sector in the borough. I encourage anyone with an interest to take part in the consultation when it launches next month<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that poor housing conditions and irresponsible landlords can have a devastating impact on residents\u2019 health, wellbeing, and life chances. That\u2019s why we are proposing to introduce a new landlord licensing scheme in the borough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A council says it\u2019s introducing a new licensing scheme to clamp down on irresponsible landlords whose actions are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,13146,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-449633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-licensing","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115263225471561903","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}