{"id":1675,"date":"2016-03-14T09:33:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T09:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2016-03-14T09:33:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T09:33:02","slug":"plans-for-a-london-name-and-shame-rogue-landlord-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/plans-for-a-london-name-and-shame-rogue-landlord-register.html","title":{"rendered":"Plans for a London \u2018Name and Shame\u2019 Rogue Landlord Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sadiq Khan, Labour\u2019s mayoral hopeful, has set out plans for a new referendum on the housing crisis. He plans to introduce a website where the capital\u2019s rogue landlords will be named and shamed. He hopes that the website will help people looking for rental accommodation in London score a much better deal. He is also hoping to set up a non-profit letting agency in London, which would promote good landlords who offer their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/video.tenant_check_in_check_out.html#watch-demo-anchor\">tenants<\/a> stable rents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Database of Landlords in London<\/strong><br \/>\nThe new website is based on a similar scheme implemented by the New York mayor, Bill de Blasio. It would act as a comprehensive database of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/video.landlord_documents.html#watch-demo-anchor\">landlords<\/a> who have previously been prosecuted for housing offences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Government is \u201cNot Doing Enough\u201d Says Khan<\/strong><br \/>\nMr Khan says the Tory government is not doing enough to help renters in the capital, although David Cameron has recently announced plans to crack down on rogue landlords and dodgy letting agents.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch of his mayoral manifesto today in Canary Wharf, Mr Khan told his audience: \u201cMost landlords treat their tenants well, but I\u2019m determined to name and shame the rogue ones who break the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Khan also plans to tackle a number of other issues, including freezing high fares, tackling extremism, improving air quality and cycling routes, dealing with skills shortages and low wages, and introducing better neighbourhood policing strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Zac Goldsmith, Mr Khan\u2019s main rival, remains sceptical. \u201cKhan\u2019s plans don\u2019t survive even the gentlest scrutiny,\u201d he said. \u201cThis isn\u2019t a manifesto, it\u2019s fantasy politics.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadiq Khan, Labour\u2019s mayoral hopeful, has set out plans for a new referendum on the housing crisis. He plans to introduce a website where the capital\u2019s rogue landlords will be named and shamed. He hopes that the website will help &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/plans-for-a-london-name-and-shame-rogue-landlord-register.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property_management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1675"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1678,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675\/revisions\/1678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}