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Dec 2020
Earlier this year Liverpool Council’s request to extend its old landlord licensing scheme was refused by Robert Jenrick.
However the council will now submit a scaled back version of its licensing scheme this week and hopes that it will receive cabinet approval on Friday 18th December.
The pared down version will now only see some of the city’s wards coming under the scheme in its target to improve private renting housing stock.
The council’s original proposals were to extend the licensing scheme across the city which expired earlier this year, and were refused by the government for not meeting its criteria.
The council proposes that around 45,000 of the 55,000 properties in the original licensing scheme will be included in the new scheme as it will include 16 of the city’s 30 wards.
If the new plans are cabinet approved then it could go to the government in January but would be likely come into force in June.
Acting city mayor Wendy Simon said: “This life-saving scheme would be one of the largest in the country covering the vast majority of properties that were under the original programme; ensuring landlords meet their obligations, such as putting in smoke detectors and fire doors as required by law.
“The council makes no profit from the scheme. Every single pound we get from landlords would be ring-fenced, paying for our team to be out on the streets every day inspecting homes, chasing disrepair and taking the strongest action against those landlords who refuse to manage and keep their properties safe.”
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