Conservative Housing Minister Slams regulation

Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps has slammed regulation of the private rented sector as a "blunt instrument for getting results"

Landlord Assist the nationwide tenant eviction and rent collection firm are delighted having campaigned tirelessly to demonstrate that there are already sufficient legislative measures in place to deal with landlords and any more would simply deter people from entering the marketplace.

Grant Shapps, the shadow Housing Minister was making his comments at a Joint Reception at the Conservative Party Conference last week between Crisis and the National Landlords Association.

Graham Kinnear, MD at Landlord Assist has publicly offered his firms support to Mr Shapps in objecting to further landlord regulation and it now seems that David Salusbury, Chairman of the NLA is also in agreement by saying "There are now sufficient rules and regulations in place to ensure the minority of rogue operators in the sector can be dealt with swiftly and effectively"

According to Landlord Assist this appears to be a change in stance for the NLA who recently wished to instigate a ‘pay to join’ database of approved landlords further adding to the costs and red tape that landlords are currently subjected to.

The NLA now almost mirror a previous comment from Landlord Assist when they say "The final piece in the jigsaw is encouraging local authorities to use existing powers appropriately instead of introducing more regulation which only penalises good landlords"