It has been confirmed that a database of rogue landlords and letting agents as well as new banning orders will be introduced on April 6, 2018.

The database, which was initially announced last year as part of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to root out rogue landlords, is expected to come into effect once the regulations have been approved in the New Year.

The database will include information on landlords who have been served with a banning order or have been convicted of a banning order offence, preventing them from letting or managing a property.

The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has now released details of what offences could lead to a landlord receiving a banning order and being included on the new list.

The main issue are as follows:

+ Illegally evicting or harassing a residential occupier in contravention of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977

+ Using violence to secure entry under the Criminal Law Act 1977

+ Failure to comply with an Improvement Notice

+ Failure to comply with a prohibition order

+ Offences in relation to licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation;

+ Offences in relation to licensing of houses under Part 3 of Housing Act 2004

+ Contravention of an overcrowding notice

+ Failure to comply with management regulations in respect of HMOs

+ Providing false or misleading information

It is not clear at this stage if the database of rogue landlords and agents will be made public.

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