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<p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is working with the Ministry
of Justice, His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) and the Judiciary to
drive improvements to the county court possession process.</p><p>We will set out more
details about our implementation plans in due course.</p><p>Local authorities are
under a duty to record any banning orders against landlords or property agents on
the Database; and are responsible for uploading and maintaining records. Guidance
for local authorities on the use of the database can be found <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F5ac63a19e5274a5adc960cf1%2FDatabase_of_rogue_landlords_statutory_guidance.pdf&data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C8d1494e4822e47f156d008dc4e838985%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638471574049498371%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uiBXPtPddF43p5FILnuKZCeGVOXSst0N431I2996e8k%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Our latest data from the English Private Landlord
Survey shows that in 2021, 57% of landlords had a buy-to-let mortgage. The impact
assessment for the Renters (Reform) Bill is available online.</p><p>The Government
publishes quarterly homelessness statistics, including causes of homelessness. This
includes a breakdown of the reported reason for homelessness for households who are
homeless or threatened with homelessness due to end of an Assured Shorthold Tenancy.
The data is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fhomelessness-statistics&data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C8d1494e4822e47f156d008dc4e838985%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638471574049498371%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hmj4AnKtFOOXsM7%2FmmjhrZd0bTizZ4dzjLJ8cBikvro%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Local authorities will have access to the full range
of information recorded on the Property Portal. We do not have plans to record Tenants’
information on the Property Portal.</p>
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