The Government’s rogue landlord list has failed to highlight as many dodgy estate agents and landlords as expected.
It has been mandatory for housing authorities to report when a landlord or property agent has received a banning order since enforcement rules were brought in on April 6, 2018.
But lax legislation means that housing authorities can use their discretion to make entries where a landlord or property agent has been convicted of a banning order offence or has received two or more civil penalties within a year.
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