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<p>A Justice Impact Test was prepared to accompany the Housing and Planning Act 2016
to support the Ministry of Justice in its planning. At that time it was estimated
that local authorities could enter up to 5,000 rogue landlords and property agents
onto the database, including up to 600 (12%) mandatory entries for those in receipt
of a banning order and so banned from letting. The government does not have a current
estimate of the number of rogue landlords but expects the number to be decreasing
because of the strong enforcement powers that we have introduced since 2015 to enable
local authorities to drive criminal landlords out of the market.</p><p>There are no
entries to date on the database. This was expected as an offence must have been committed
on or after 6 April 2018, a conviction secured and the period for an appeal passed,
before an offender’s details can be listed on the database.</p>
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