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Selective Licensing

Durham County Council has just bought in a new scheme to regulate landlords and managing agents of private rented property in selected areas of County Durham.  The scheme covers approximately 29,000 homes which is over 40% of the properties in the county’s private rented sector.  They are planning for it to come into place on 1st April 2022 but they are still in consultations so there may yet be changes. 

The aim of the selective licencing is to:

  • ensure that private rented properties offer tenants a choice of safe and well managed accommodation and where necessary, raise standards of private rented properties.
  • improve health and wellbeing of tenants - it is recognised that poor housing standards can have a major impact on the health and wellbeing
  • provide safe and healthy homes by reducing housing hazards and disrepair
  • reduce anti-social behaviour by 10% from baseline figures
  • improve management standards increasing compliance rates

These principles are in line with ours at Ready to Let and Ready to Rent Management.  Since we set up the business 5 years ago we have been buying properties in County Durham which have been left to get run down and are in a poor condition and refurbishing them to a standard which exceeds the Durham Decent Homes Standard, improving the desirability of the properties and the neighbourhoods and homing approximately 10 families in superior homes per month.

To find out more about Selective licensing of privately rented properties in County Durham including costs and discounts for multiple properties please visit their  website -  https://www.durham.gov.uk/selectivelicensing

Apply for a Licence

Link - https://propertylicensing.durham.gov.uk/

 

Licencing Conditions

Link to PDF from Durham County Council