Landlord registration in Scotland: three years on

We recommend that the Scottish Government should:

- Carry out an independent review on the effectiveness of landlord registration, looking at the barriers, such as legal issues, which are preventing the system working effectively to drive up standards and get rid of the worst landlords.

- Clarify the aims of landlord registration and ensure local authorities have the means and resources to not only administer the process of registering landlords, but also effectively address worst practice.

- Carry out a national awareness raising campaign for tenants and landlords on their rights and responsibilities.

- Increase funding for local authorities to ensure that they can implement the 'fit and proper person test' and carry out enforcement actions as appropriate.