Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2012

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

Creates a public register in each housing authority of homes used for rental accommodation agreements, showing the property address, the owner’s name, and the total amount paid to that owner in the previous year. It also requires the Minister to publish a nationwide alphabetical list of landlords with these agreements, including the total payments each received from all housing authorities if they own more than one property. The aim is greater transparency around substantial public spending on rented housing.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 to provide for the creation and publication of a register by each housing authority of dwellings which are the subject of rental accommodation agreements and to provide for the creation and publication by the Minister of an alphabetical list of rental accommodation providers together with the total sum paid to those providers by the various housing authorities over the previous 12 months

Last updated 6 February 2020