Property Industry Eye

Landlords will be required to buy a £923 licence to rent out properties in certain areas of Lambeth under a new property licensing scheme that has been rolled out across most of the borough after a successful launch in four wards earlier this year.

Councillors gave the go-ahead for the extension of the “selective licensing scheme”, designed to tackle rogue landlords and improve conditions for people living in private rented accommodation, at a meeting last week.

Private landlords in parts of south London will now need a licence to legally let any property to a single-family household or no more than two unrelated sharers.

The selective licensing scheme was approved by Lambeth’s cabinet in May, in a bid to improve property conditions and management, and tackle problems including anti-social behaviour (ASB) and deprivation.

It means landlords will need a licence and meet the conditions associated to legally let qualifying properties in four specific wards in Lambeth.