A landlord in Nottingham fears a new licencing scheme to 'safeguard and improve' the homes of privately rented tenants may simply end up leading to more expensive rents. Plans for a new selective licensing scheme were approved at the city council's executive board on Tuesday, May 24.
The scheme, a similar one of which has been implemented in the past, requires all landlords to licence any privately rented property they have within a designated area. It gives Nottingham City Council the power to make sure rented homes meet certain conditions the landlord is a ’fit and proper person'.
They are plans for a brand new scheme and not a renewal of the first scheme introduced in August 2018. Landlords at the time were in revolt at the idea and said it would lead to the increase in rents.
