Barnet Council is planning to introduce a stricter licensing scheme designed to clampdown on rogue landlords across the borough in north London.
The council wants to replicate selective licensing schemes that have come into play in other areas, with prosecution or a civil penalty of up to £30,000 for landlords that fail to comply with the scheme’s conditions.
Just over a quarter - 26% - of people in the borough were private renters in 2016, up from 17% in 2001, and that is why the council is far more focussed on stamping out substandard housing and improving conditions in the borough.
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