NLA calls for clarification on landlord register strategy

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The National Landlords Association (NLA) has called for an end to the inconsistent approach towards landlord registration schemes across the UK.

A national register for English property renters and lettings agents is currently being lobbied for by the government, while Wales and Northern Ireland have as yet shown no interest in following suit.

The NLA has stated that it does not believe that such a scheme would be an effective way of combating rogue landlords, pointing to the existing system in Scotland, for which a quarter of properties have not even been registered.

David Salusbury, chairman of the NLA, said: "More targeted action, including more effective use by local authorities of existing enforcement powers, is needed to find and successfully prosecute those landlords who continue to flout the regulations."

This echoes the sentiments expressed by British Property Federation director Ian Fletcher in June, who told the Local Government Chronicle that the scheme was unlikely to be successful due to a lack of sufficient council cooperation.

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