The Department of Social Care is bringing forward proposals for a Landlord Registration Scheme which aims to improve the quality of accommodation at the lower end of the private rented sector.

We welcome general comments on the proposed Scheme but we have also compiled a survey to help people respond to key areas of the Scheme.

If you would like to complete the questionnaire electronically online, please use the link below.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Department of Social Care (DSC) are currently progressing the Estate Agents and Landlords Bill 2012 (Bill). The purpose of this initial consultation is to outline a number of significant issues and broad proposals pertaining to the registration and regulation of estate agents and to gather information, views and evidence from the public and other interested parties as part of the consultation process.

The purpose of the Bill is to make fresh provision for the registration and regulation of estate agents and to provide for the registration and regulation of private landlords.

The consultation seeks widen the scope of exemptions currently available under the Moneylenders Act 1991

The consultation seeks to widen the scope of exemptions currently available under the Moneylenders Act 1991

The Bill will consolidate the existing names regime in practice under various Acts into a single piece of legislation. This seeks to address a recommendation of the IMF that certain prohibited words and phrases that currently appear as guidance are in placed in legislation. It also recognises practices that have developed over time and places these on a statutory footing.