ROPA is back on the Agenda

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has confirmed that that the proposed reforms of regulating the private rented sector are still on the agenda. .

The Minister was responding to a question tabled in the House of Commons during the committee stage of the Renters Rights Bill and was asked if the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) Working Group would be implemented.

The minister confirmed :- “The government is committed to ensuring that those living in the rented and leasehold sectors are protected from abuse and poor service at the hands of unscrupulous property agents. The Government will set out its position on the regulation of letting, management and estate agents in due course.”