With the government releasing details on the Fairer Private Rented Sector, landlords and letting agents are looking for ways to maintain their properties and manage their tenants in a way that meets the requirements and protects their reputation.
It may only be a minority (roughly 12 per cent) of rental homes that don’t come up to scratch, but when that difference equates to serious health and safety risks for 1.6 million tenants, that percentage matters. According to the white paper, that proportion of the population are ‘living in dangerously low-quality homes, in a state of disrepair, with cold, damp, and mould, and without functioning bathrooms and kitchens.’. It’s not something any of us would expect in the 21st century.
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