Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to make the residential addresses of landlords not publicly accessible on the Private Rented Sector Database.

Information submitted to the ‘Register your rental property’ service will not be publicly visible before winter 2027.

Future legislation will set out which landlord and property records will be publicly accessible at the point the public-facing service is launched at a later date.

Following this, tenants will be able to access certain necessary and proportionate information about landlords and rental properties, to help them better understand whether key legal requirements are being met.

In considering which information should be published, the government will carefully balance the benefits of transparency with landlords’ privacy rights, safety concerns, and data protection requirements.