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01/09/2008
Arla believe new landlords regulations will create positive change |
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents (Arla) has said it believes the new regulations to cover rental properties could help simplify existing rules.
There have been calls for a central regulator to oversee landlord associations and professional bodies following a report by the Law Commission entitled 'Housing: Encouraging Responsible Letting'.
Under the proposed changes to existing regulations there would be a landlord code of housing management practice; accreditation schemes in every local authority; and a home condition certificates pilot scheme.
Malcolm Harrison, spokesperson for Arla, said he could see no reason why the new regulations would drive the price of rental property up.
He said: "There are a lot of good regulations, but because they have come out intermittently it's possible, particularly for a private landlord rather than an agent, to forget about them.
"If everything is drawn together you have a straight forward checklist."
A recent survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) showed that from August 19th 2008, new instructions to let houses and flats had increased at the fastest pace in the history of the survey. |
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