Green MP wants more rental licensing schemes running for longer

Two amendments on licensing from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health have been tabled for discussion in the Commons by a Green Party MP.

They have been tabled for the report stage of the Renters’ Rights Bill by Green co-leader Carla Denyer.

CIEH says these amendments would remove unnecessary barriers to the use of licensing schemes to improve housing standards.

The first amendment would enable local authorities operating selective licensing schemes to use licence conditions to improve housing conditions.

CIEH has highlighted a “peculiar disconnect” in current legislation whereby local authorities can introduce selective licensing schemes to address poor housing conditions but cannot include in the licence itself conditions requiring the physical state of the licensed property to be improved. Letting Agent Today