AQW 8911/16-21

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 09/12/2016
Answered On Date: 15/12/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline (i) the progress of his Department’s Review of the Role and Regulation of the Private Rented Sector; and (ii) whether the Review recommends mandatory electrical checks on Landlord’s property during transitions in tenancy.

Answer:

A set of proposals for change resulting from the Review of the Role and Regulation of the Private Rented Sector will be published for consultation in January 2017.

The standard of properties, including electrical safety checks, is within the scope of the review.