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Jul 2024
Labour’s Salford Council recently launched consultation on whether PRS landlords with properties in areas of Broughton and Kersal should have to sign up to a selective licence.
It laughingly states that a “positive impact” of the introduction of other licensing schemes has been “increasing average rent levels”.? ?The intended scheme will cover around 1,340 properties in areas of Broughton and the Kersal and Broughton Park wards for the same streets as its previous licensing scheme which ended in 2021.? ?A council spokesperson says: “It is important that local people have their say on this selective licensing scheme and put their views to us so they can help shape our full decision. Evidence in the area shows that challenges come with the amount of private rented properties in the area.?
?“Our aim is to make sure that local people have access to well-managed, affordable homes and that rogue landlords have no place in the area. This all links in with our commitment to create a fairer and more inclusive city for local people.”? ?The authority had already given the go-ahead for two previous schemes in the two areas with the most recent having been launched in January 2016 which ran for the five year maximum limit.
Saford council officers’ completed review states there have been “positive impacts on a number of issues” including pushing up property values, higher average rent levels and a lower turnover of tenants. The review also highlighted that the majority of private rental properties within the licensed areas were improved as landlord compliance levels were on the up as they were “more willing to do work required on their properties to remedy hazards and defects.”? ?The consultation will be running from July 17 to September 25.
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