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EXCLUSIVE: Betts urges councils to ramp up housing enforcement

Councils have been urged to increase enforcement of standards in rented housing.

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By Martin Ford | 10 October 2022

Councils have been urged to increase enforcement of standards in rented housing.

Despite an increase in recent years, most councils are still not issuing civil penalties and prosecuting landlords of dangerous private rented housing.

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