{"id":2728,"date":"2025-10-31T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/360wire\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:58:57","slug":"councillor-calls-for-introduction-of-landlord-licensing-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/360wire\/2025\/10\/31\/councillor-calls-for-introduction-of-landlord-licensing-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Councillor calls for introduction of landlord licensing scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Sheffield councillor has called for the introduction of a landlord licensing scheme across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.gov.uk\/housing\/selective-licence-london-abbeydale-chesterfield-road\">A pilot scheme<\/a> ran in the area around Abbeydale Road, London Road and Chesterfield Road from 2018 until 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minesh Parekh, a Labour councillor for Crookes and Crosspool, said the result of that scheme was \u2018staggering\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt prosecuted a number of landlords who were failing to deliver safe conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt forced landlords to make hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of the improvements to properties and gave hundreds, if not thousands, of renters better safer conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think that&#8217;s an overwhelming success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar programs are already in place in other towns and cities in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rotherham Council renewed their own landlord licensing scheme earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The councillor added he was motivated by his own experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I was living in student housing in Crookes in my fourth year, the kitchen ceiling fell in early on in living there so that we had to keep a bucket underneath because water leaked through every time we showered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt took the landlord six months to do anything about that leak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a Wild West housing market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"812\" height=\"666\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/360wire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-28-171737.png\" alt=\"Labour Councillor Minesh Parekh, outside Sheffield Town Hall\" class=\"wp-image-2428 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 812px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 812\/666;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cllr Parekh said the results of the city&#8217;s pilot scheme was &#8216;staggering&#8217; (Credit: Minesh Parekh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the scheme isn\u2019t without its detractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>68% of residents and tenants in Rotherham disagreed with the council continuing the licensing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotherham.gov.uk\/consultation-feedback\/selective-licencing-consultation-2025-2030\">in a public consultation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the report following Sheffield\u2019s selective licensing scheme, no further recommendations were made to continue it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also not without controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c24l7gnp3v2t\">come under fire this week<\/a> after failing to apply for a permit when she rented out her London home after moving into 11 Downing Street last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MP for Leeds and Pudsey West has previously campaigned for the introduction of selective landlord licenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheffield City Council has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.gov.uk\/housing\/approved-student-housing-snug\">an existing accreditation scheme<\/a> for student landlords called Snug, which it promotes alongside the city\u2019s universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Cllr Parekh found that in the last census, out of the 1,980 private rented houses in his ward, only 32 of them were covered by the scheme \u2013 about 1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPart of the challenge is we need students to be writing to the council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPrivate housing tenants need to say: \u2018this has happened to me\u2019, \u2018my boiler hasn&#8217;t been repaired\u2019, \u2018there were rats here\u2019 or \u2018there&#8217;s mould on my walls\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the council had better data, it would realise the scale of the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He believes any new scheme should include rent controls, a requirement of yearly inspections of properties and banning criminal landlords from being able to rent out a house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt puts a duty on the landlord to ensure the house is fit for human habitation, which is exactly what people deserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut for some reason, in large areas of the city that&#8217;s been normalised as a typical student experience \u2013 \u2018you live somewhere for three years, you might have more issues, but your rent is cheaper and that&#8217;s fine\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think the message needs to be that&#8217;s not fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose landlords are exploiting people for profit and causing harm to their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd that can be stopped and it must be stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Sheffield councillor has called for the introduction of a landlord licensing scheme across the city. 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