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Carl Smith

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New legislation is spawned by bad practises and behaviour. I've been a private landlord all my working life (35 years) and have seen my share of rogue letting agents never mind rogue landlords from both sides of the fence as I also worked as a Local Authority Housing Enforcement Officer for over 10 years until recently. The persistent offenders should face harsher fines and sentencing but the whole sector needs to be licensed from top to bottom. Rent Smart Wales is reputed to be the test run for England so keep your eyes open. Once sorted out I reckon its only a matter of time before we get it. Its about time those who make their living in the property market (myself included) are fully licensed. After all, housing is the single biggest element in life that has a direct effect on everyone's outlook on life and every man and his dog can do it with pure ignorance abound at the moment. Something else that should be sorted out as well is a single type housing qualification for enforcement officers. I've seen too many so called chartered Environmental Health Officers who haven't got a clue and are not housing specialists. Come on RICS set the standard. Too many Councils that don't think housing is their number one priority as well when its the single most important priority they'll ever have!

From: Carl Smith 27 September 2015 20:36 PM

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