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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the estimate that 43% of the landlord data required for the Private Rented Sector database can be provided on day one by letting agents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the estimate that 43% of the landlord data required for the Private Rented Sector database can be provided on day one by letting agents.
Letting agents will be able to support landlords with the registration of their properties on the PRS Database, providing certain property information on their behalf.
Both landlords and letting agents have been extensively involved throughout the Databases digital design process to help shape many aspects of its user interface in order to maximise the user-friendliness of this functionality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure greater accountability and transparency from landlords and managing agents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure greater accountability and transparency from landlords and managing agents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to allow letting agents to submit data to the Private Rented Sector database on behalf of their landlords.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to allow letting agents to submit data to the Private Rented Sector database on behalf of their landlords.
Letting agents will be able to support landlords with the registration of their properties on the PRS Database, providing certain property information on their behalf.
Both landlords and letting agents have been extensively involved throughout the Databases digital design process to help shape many aspects of its user interface in order to maximise the user-friendliness of this functionality.
To ask His Majesty's Government what checks are required, if any, before a letting agency is admitted to a government approved property redress scheme or tenancy deposit protection scheme; whether they consider those checks are sufficient to prevent fraudulent operators from obtaining accreditation; and whether they plan to introduce additional...
To ask His Majesty's Government what checks are required, if any, before a letting agency is admitted to a government approved property redress scheme or tenancy deposit protection scheme; whether they consider those checks are sufficient to prevent fraudulent operators from obtaining accreditation; and whether they plan to introduce additional...
Letting agents and property managers in England are required to belong to a government-approved redress scheme. Landlords or agents who take a deposit in relation to an assured periodic tenancy must protect it in a government-approved tenancy deposit protection scheme. Membership of a scheme and protection of a deposit is a requirement of trading, rather than a wider accreditation of an agent’s conduct or legitimacy
The Government recognises the harm caused when fraudulent operators misuse legitimate schemes. Following recent cases, the Department has worked with tenancy deposit protection providers to strengthen safeguards, including adding a fraud disclaimer to insured deposit protection certificates, enhancing tenant communications about tenancy fraud, and reviewing verification and due diligence checks
We are actively working with National Trading Standards, redress schemes and other approved government schemes to consider whether further verification requirements are needed. My department is also exploring options for further regulation of the property agent sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to introduce reforms requiring greater transparency and accountability from letting agents regarding the operational condition of essential residential facilities before occupation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to introduce reforms requiring greater transparency and accountability from letting agents regarding the operational condition of essential residential facilities before occupation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to allow letting agents to submit data to the Private Rented Sector database on behalf of their landlords.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to allow letting agents to submit data to the Private Rented Sector database on behalf of their landlords.
The government expects that letting agents will be able to carry out certain functions relating to the Private Rented Sector Database on landlords’ behalf.
The detailed requirements and any roles that may be undertaken by agents will be set out in regulations in due course.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce regulations to regulate property management and letting agencies.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce regulations to regulate property management and letting agencies.
On forfeiture reform, I refer the Noble Lord to the Written Ministerial Statement on 27 January 2026 (HLWS1278).
The government is committed to ensuring that those living in the rented and leasehold sectors are protected from abuse and poor service at the hands of unscrupulous property agents.
The previous government committed to regulate the property agent sector in 2018 and asked a working group Chaired by Lord Best to advise them how to do it, yet it failed to respond to their findings from 2019. We are looking again at Lord Best’s 2019 report on regulating the property agent sector, particularly in light of the recommendations in the final Grenfell Inquiry report.
On 4 July 2025, we launched a wide-ranging consultation on proposals to hold landlords and managing agents to account for the services they provide and the charges and fees they levy. This included a number of proposals recommended by Lord Best, including the introduction of mandatory qualifications for managing agents and estate managers on freehold estates. We are clear that this consultation is not the final step in the regulation of managing agents and we will continue to reflect on the various other recommendations made in the 2019 report.
The government’s recent home buying and selling reform consultation sought views on proposals to professionalise property agents, including introducing a code of practice setting out minimum standards for letting, estate and managing agents.
The government also proposed a future consultation on mandatory qualifications for letting and estate agents and, depending on the outcome, potential legislation in respect of this issue. The home buying and selling reform consultation closed on 29 December and we will publish a roadmap setting out further details later this year.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) landlords, and (2) letting agents are currently listed on the database of rogue landlords and property agents.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) landlords, and (2) letting agents are currently listed on the database of rogue landlords and property agents.
The Database of Rogue Landlords and Property Agents has 51 active entries. The database does not distinguish between landlord and property agent entries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to regulate Let Only letting agency agreements where an agent markets a property after which the landlord takes over management.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to regulate Let Only letting agency agreements where an agent markets a property after which the landlord takes over management.
The government has no current plans to introduce specific new regulations in relation to let only agency arrangements.
Letting agents who operate on a ‘let only’ basis are already subject to existing regulation. Any agent carrying out letting agency work in England, including marketing a property and setting up a tenancy before the landlord takes over management, must belong to a government approved redress scheme.
Compliance with these requirements is enforced by local authorities and by the National Trading Standards’ Lettings Agency Team, which has powers to take enforcement action against noncompliant agents.
More broadly, the government’s recent home buying and selling reform consultation sought views on proposals to professionalise property agents, including introducing a code of practice setting out minimum standards for letting, estate and managing agents.
The government also proposed a future consultation on mandatory qualifications for letting and estate agents and, depending on the outcome, potential legislation in respect of this issue. The home buying and selling reform consultation closed on 29 December and, subject to the outcomes of our analysis, we will publish a roadmap setting out further details later this year.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2025 to Question 76734 on money laundering, whether her Department has issued separate tailored guidance (a) the relocation industry and (b) the lettings industry.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2025 to Question 76734 on money laundering, whether her Department has issued separate tailored guidance (a) the relocation industry and (b) the lettings industry.
HMRC issues specific guidance for estate agency businesses and those letting agency businesses within scope of the Money Laundering Regulations, to help them comply. This is available on GOV.UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has make of the potential impact of the requirement for letting agents to carry out money laundering checks on landlords and tenants on the number of rental properties available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has make of the potential impact of the requirement for letting agents to carry out money laundering checks on landlords and tenants on the number of rental properties available.
The impact of compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs) for letting agents was assessed as part of the Impact Assessment for the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019, which brought certain letting agents into scope of the MLRs. This is available here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1511/impacts
The Government keeps the MLRs under review in order to ensure the requirements remain effective and proportionate for all regulated sectors, including letting agents.
Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 287). To be read a second time on 12 September.
Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 287). To be read a second time on 12 September.
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish an independent regulator of managing agents; to make provision about the powers and duties of the independent regulator; to require managing agents to comply with a code of practice and to make provision about that code...
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish an independent regulator of managing agents; to make provision about the powers and duties of the independent regulator; to require managing agents to comply with a code of practice and to make provision about that code...
Lords report stage second day. Amendment 49 agreed to. Amendment 53A agreed to on division (206 to 198). Amendments 54, 55 and 57 agreed to. Amendment 58 agreed to on division (213 to 209). Amendment 59 agreed to on division (274 to 154). Amendments 64, 67, 73 to 85 agreed to.
Lords report stage second day. Amendment 49 agreed to. Amendment 53A agreed to on division (206 to 198). Amendments 54, 55 and 57 agreed to. Amendment 58 agreed to on division (213 to 209). Amendment 59 agreed to on division (274 to 154). Amendments 64, 67, 73 to 85 agreed...
Moved by
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
47: Clause 11, page 18, line 9, at end insert—
“(5A) The circumstances in which it is unreasonable for a superior landlord to refuse consent through the landlord include, but are not limited to, the following—
(a) a superior landlord’s personal opinion of a tenant;
(b) a superior...
Moved by
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
47: Clause 11, page 18, line 9, at end insert—
“(5A) The circumstances in which it is unreasonable for a superior landlord to refuse consent through the landlord include, but are not limited to, the following—
(a) a superior landlord’s personal opinion of a tenant;
(b) a superior...
My Lords, I start by declaring an interest: I own a dog that is subject to approval by a superior landlord of the flat in which we live. It has that approval.
In Committee, the Minister laid out the Government’s commitment to enabling many more tenants to have pets in rented...
My Lords, I start by declaring an interest: I own a dog that is subject to approval by a superior landlord of the flat in which we live. It has that approval.
In Committee, the Minister laid out the Government’s commitment to enabling many more tenants to have pets in rented...