Should Letting Agents be Registered?

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The Housing Scotland Bill is now out to consultation and the Minister for Housing & Communities (Alex Neil MSP) wants to hear your views.

Within the Bill there is a proposal for Local Authorities to be given the power to demand that Agents provide a list of properties under their management.

Obtaining information from agents:
Amending the current Housing (Scotland) Bill to allow local authorities to require an agent to provide a list of all properties they manage along with the owners contact details, with failure to do so being an offence, will significantly assist local authorities in identifying landlords who have failed to register for landlord registration.

This proposal will benefit landlords who have already registered for landlord registration and will increase protection for tenants. Increasing the coverage of landlord registration and removing bad landlords will improve management standards in the sector.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/03/04140613/1