Response to the Rugg Review

London Councils' response to the Rugg Review consultation: 'The private rented sector; professionalism and quality'.

In summary our main points were:

• It is broadly supportive in principle of a national register of landlords.
• It supports the introduction of a mandatory written tenancy agreement
• It supports the proposal to increase the Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreement threshold to £100,000
• It is supportive of the regulation of private sector letting and managing agents.
• We would support 'growing the sector' through increased institutional investment particularly to explore the possibilities for intermediate and market rent solution
• We are reticent about proposals to extend licensing schemes.

This consultation response is from August 2009.

The Communities and Local Government department summarises some of the other responses on their website