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Prime Minister agrees Rogue Database to be open to all
Posted on 01/11/2018 by Sulgrave Estates
The Guardian has reported that the Prime Minister's spokesman yesterday said that she intends to make the rogue landlord and letting agent database available to tenants.
ARLA Propertymark has long campaigned for this, repeatedly stating that the database will be completely pointless unless tenants, employers and professional bodies can check against the entries before taking a property, employing an agent or accepting an agent into membership.
The database has been under fire this week amid reports that no individuals have been added, six months after it was established. Yesterday’s announcement is a triumph for the industry. Hiding this essential information is a prime example of the Government failing to see unintended consequences of a vital policy. For this reason ARLA have branded the database ‘truly ridiculous’ up until now.
ARLA Propertymark is delighted that Government have finally listened to what the industry has been saying since it was put into the Housing and Planning Bill nearly three years ago. “We hope the database will now fulfil the objective of professionalising the sector, which we all wanted it to”.