Generation Rent have reported that analysis of Government data revealed that councils which require landlords to be licensed take more than twice as much enforcement action as those that do not. Thirty-two councils with selective licensing schemes identified an average of 158 unsafe homes each during 2019-20, compared with 63 on average across 200 councils without such schemes.

According to Generation Rent’s analysis, councils that license landlords also go on to resolve a higher proportion of these cases.

For the report, click here.