• Providing clarity and fairness to landlords and tenants and avoiding disputes
• Ensuring that there are clear and comprehensive grounds upon which landlords can legitimately regain possession of a property
• Improving access to dispute resolution and developing a new landlord/tenant conciliation service
• Developing a redress scheme for the sector which can improve compliance by linking to the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN)
• Reviewing enforcement of the range of powers available to tackle criminal landlords

• Using Selective Licencing to ensure that all private rental landlords in a particular area apply to the city council for a license for each property they let out
• Ensuring that landlords meet certain standards on how their properties are managed
• Issuing landlords fines for failure to apply for a licence, breach of licence conditions and failure to comply with improvement notices
• Getting input from local people, landlords and management agents to understand whether or not proposals to extend the scheme are right for the local community

• Maximising rental profit by deliberately undertaking multiple breaches of tenancy and housing law
• Evading detection through the use of identity fraud and using unconventional tenancy agreements
• Using non-standard properties or subdivided properties to increase rental yield through high-density and overcrowding
• Examining the effectiveness of the regulatory framework in offering tenant protection from eviction and controls on property standards and management
• Distinguishing types of criminal landlord behaviour: wilfully ignorant, corner cutters, scammers, prolific offenders and organised crime

• Outlining the reasons why renters often don’t complain, for example through fear of eviction
• Highlighting the importance of clarifying rights and responsibilities to tenants and landlord to ensure they make and resolve complaints with speed and accuracy
• Sharing our views on how government can use the Renters’ Reform Bill to rebalance the relationship between landlords and tenants and use it as a vehicle to ensure better conditions in the PRS and ensure effective enforcement strategies when things go wrong
• Understanding what landlords and tenants need from the civil justice system to enforce their rights and navigate the court system

• The Renters Reform Coalition is an umbrella group of 20 leading organisations supporting tenants which has come together to produce a policy blueprint ahead of the much anticipated Renters Reform Bill White Paper
• This address will discuss the blueprint and present policy solutions to improve the rights and experiences of tenants across England in the key areas of security of tenure, improving standards, addressing affordability and tackling discrimination

*programme subject to change