The government’s plans to ‘professionalise’ the private rented sector and improve parity with the social rented sector, where there has been a decent homes standard in place since 2001, has been welcomed by Leaders Romans Group, but landlords are not so keen.
On Friday, the department for levelling up, housing & communities published its consultation on A Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector. The consultation is now open and runs until 14 October 2022.
The consultation’s purpose is to seek views on the introduction and enforcement of a Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector in England and it follows the publication in June of the White Paper A fairer private rented sector which set out the Government’s commitment to introduce a legally binding Decent Homes Standard to the private rented sector for the first time.
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