Another Labour-controlled council is introducing a selective licensing, which will go live in January and means all landlords in the designated wards must obtain a licence to let their properties, excluding HMOs already covered by other licensing.
Thurrock council has made rhetoric decision following consultation carried out over summer this year.
A spokesperson says: “This new scheme is a step forward to raise our private rented housing across Thurrock and ensure landlords are held to the same standard of responsibility.
“This scheme is significant for Thurrock as nearly a quarter of all homes in the borough are privately rented. I am pleased that this new scheme will give us the tools to ensure that the private rented sector plays its proper part in providing safe, secure, and well-managed homes for Thurrock residents.”
Thurrock wards in Selective Licensing scheme are: Aveley and Uplands, Belhus, Chadwell St Mary, Chafford and North Stifford, Corringham and Fobbing, East Tilbury, Grays Riverside, Grays Thurrock, Little Thurrock Rector, Ockendon, South Chafford, Stanford East and Corringham Town, Stanford le Hope West, Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park, Tilbury St Chads, and West Thurrock and South Stifford.
This article is taken from Landlord Today