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UK’s biggest-ever Selective Licensing scheme needs 130 people to run it

Birmingham council has been granted permission by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to introduce a massive Selective Licensing scheme for all private rented properties in 25 wards in the city.

The council admits it will take 130 staff to deliver the scheme, which targets those wards where the private rented sector is above 20% of properties and there are high levels of deprivation and/or crime. 

The scheme will be the largest in the UK, covering almost 50,000 properties. It will last five years and will come into force on 5 June next year.

Councillor Sharon Thompson, Cabinet Member for Housing and Homelessness for Birmingham Council, said: “The new scheme will help us drive up standards across the private rented sector. It was approved after extensive consultation and 130 new jobs will be created to deliver the scheme. 

“The Selective Licensing Scheme will allow Birmingham Council to work with all landlords to drive up standards across all private rented sector properties and join up with other services such as the police to tackle issues such as the high levels of crime that have blighted these wards for too long.”

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