questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his department has made on the adequacy of the number of local authority staff with responsibility for enforcement action in the private rented sector.
answerText: Through the Renters’ Rights Act, the government is strengthening local authorities’ enforcement powers and extending and increasing ring-fenced civil penalties to support a ‘polluter pays’ approach to enforcement of the new tenancy system.In accordance wi...
heading: Private Rented Housing