Council cracks down on rogue landlords with new rules

Council chiefs are set to crackdown on improving housing conditions in the private rented sector in Leeds with new measures to drive up the standard of living.

- by Laura Collins

Leeds Council is to work on rented sector.

Proposals for the scheme-which will use a system known as selective licensing to more closely regulate landlords in a number of deprived local communities - were originally announced by Leeds City Council last year.

All private landlords - with certain limited exceptions - will be required by law to obtain a licence for any residential property they are seeking to let in the area covered by the scheme.