NLA: Law Commission report on private-rented sector

In responding to the Law Commission report "Housing: Encouraging Responsible Letting," David Salusbury, Chairman, National Landlords Association, the largest representative body for landlords in the United Kingdom, said: "The National Landlords Association welcomes many of the staged reforms the Law Commission proposes. In fact, further enhancing good practice to build on voluntary self-regulation can only be a good thing for both landlords and tenants. We are pleased to see the recognition that local authorities have an important role to play in the enforcement of regulation.

"It is critical to assess this report alongside the other reports and consultations to ensure we break this 'piecemeal' approach to the private-rented sector.

"Furthermore, although it is true that landlord association can only claim to represent a relatively small number of landlords, there is the question of portfolio size. The average NLA members has 10 properties and, since our latest merger with the NFRL, we now have 20,000 members, this means the NLA now looks after the interests of 200,000 individual lettings. This figure is a substantial part of the entire private-rented sector."