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The government has confirmed that landlords should soon expect to be part of a mandatory short-lets registration scheme.
In a written Parliamentary question, Lord Truscott asked if the government had assessed the European Commission’s European Affordable Housing Plan, which proposes giving regional and local governments more powers to regulate short-term rentals to increase long-term housing supply.
Housing Minister Baroness Taylor pointed to the abolition of the furnished holiday lets tax regime and the Renters’ Rights Act which includes a provision to prevent landlords from evicting tenants simply to convert properties into holiday lets. She added: “In addition, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is progressing a national registration scheme for short-term lets.”
The department started testing a digital scheme at the end of October, according to the Local Government Association (LGA), and will scale up testing to 200-400 participants over the coming months.
This would force owners of short-term lets to register and provide information on their accommodation and themselves, pay a registration fee, and then receive a registration number which must be used when advertising or letting accommodation. Local councils would then gain access to data on short-term lets to help assess housing impacts and manage local services more effectively, says the LGA, as well as investigate non-compliant accommodation.
In the recent Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that landlords who operate short-term let properties will pay a new visitor levy under plans to roll out the tax across England. Baroness Taylor added: “We are also empowering mayors to introduce a visitor levy on short-term overnight accommodation in their region and continue to consider whether further powers are needed for local authorities.”
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