Mark Elliott (pictured), director of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), welcomed the Tenants Bill of Rights, but unless local councils were properly funded it would not be implemented properly or at all. warned that it would not be done.
He suggested in a report to the House of Commons that some of that funding could come from private rental sector databases and ombudsman scheme fees. 
unnecessary barriers
He also argues that there is a great opportunity to remove unnecessary barriers to local authorities using the licensing system to improve housing standards.
He said there was a “strange disconnect” in the Housing Licensing Act 2004, which allowed local authorities to introduce selective licensing schemes to address poor housing conditions, but no direct enforcement of housing conditions as a condition of licensing itself. said that it cannot include possible requirements.
Implementation of support
Mr Elliott continued in his report that he welcomed the proposed private rental sector database, which he believed could be used as a tool to support the use of a tailored enforcement approach by local authorities.
He also broadly welcomed the proposed application of the Decent Housing Standard to the private rental sector within the Tenants' Bill of Rights, but added that in order to give clarity to landlords, tenants and local authorities, it would be We believe that standards need to be unified.
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