AQW 54437/11-16

Mr Gregory Campbell
Democratic Unionist Party
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 18/02/2016
Answered On Date: 01/03/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Social Development whether any follow up action has been taken as a result of landlords that failed to register under the Landlord Registration Scheme.

Answer:

Since the introduction of the Landlord Registration scheme in 2014, over 46,000 landlords have registered with the scheme providing details of over 97,500 tenancies, which equates to approximately 98% of all private tenancies.

My Department has spoken to Councils, who are responsible for enforcement action against landlords, on follow up action that they have taken. They have advised that the work that they are carrying out with landlords and the threat of prosecution is having an impact on landlords registering with the scheme. There continues to be on average approximately 400 landlords registering per month which indicates that their actions are having an impact.

Landlord Registration and actions taken by local councils is one of number issues that will be considered as part of the current review of the role and regulation of the Private Rented Sector.

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