While it supports the drive to ensure private rented homes are decent, the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) said that what is needed is an improved framework within which landlords can clearly demonstrate compliance with standards, backed up by robust enforcement of them.
Responding to the government’s consultation on applying the Decent Homes Standard to the private rented sector, the NRLA pointed out that the standards expected of the sector are already in place.
“Standards in the private rented sector are improving,” Ben Beadle, chief executive at the National Residential Landlords Association, said. “That is why private renters are more likely to be satisfied with their accommodation than those in the social rented sector.
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