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The number of people in England who rent their homes from private landlords has increased. Most private rented homes meet government health and safety standards. Some do not. This is a concern because poor housing is bad for people's health and wellbeing.

Local authorities can choose to implement "Selective Licensing Schemes." These schemes aim to ensure that private rented homes meet required standards. They cover the most common type of private rented housing. Local authorities can choose whether to implement these schemes.

Selective Licensing Schemes involve housing inspections. They require landlords to improve substandard. homes. They require landlords to take action on anti-social tenants. The government intend the schemes to benefit the wider community. The government states that reducing anti-social behaviour improves well-being.

We need evidence to find out if people benefit from selective licensing. This project will provide that evidence for England. We will measure the impact of Selective Licensing on tenants. We will measure impacts on the wider community – including health, anti-social behaviour and housing impacts.

We will include all the Selective Licensing Schemes in England that have run for at least 5 years. We know where these are. We will compare people who live in these schemes with people who live elsewhere. We have tested our methods in a study of Greater London.

We want to talk to different people and hear their views. We will interview people who implement Selective Licensing Schemes. We will interview landlords, tenants and community groups. For this part of our study, we will select certain schemes and learn more about them. We will look at schemes in the north and south of England. We will cover larger schemes and smaller schemes.

We want to know if selective licensing schemes are value for money. We will collect and assess economic information for that purpose. We want to ensure that our findings are useful and people know about them. We have good links with national and local government. We have good links with relevant charities. We will share our early findings with stakeholders. Their responses will inform our final report.

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