Sep

Local authorities are using selective licensing as a ‘cash cow’ – Special Report

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Lots of councils see selective licensing schemes as a way of improving housing stock in the private rented sector (PRS) and work hard at gaining government permission to set up and run these schemes.

But many of the same councils that claim to need a licensing scheme to boost standards in private rented homes are being regularly condemned by the Housing Ombudsman for ‘apathy and failures’ when it comes to their housing.

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