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The PDPLA is an association of local landlords which aims to represent, educate and inform its members. We meet monthly to learn and share information important to local landlords and we represent our members needs and their concerns to local and national government. There are approximately 4,000 private landlords in Portsmouth and this doubles when you add in the surrounding area – this is a large group of people, yet historically we are an easy target for the press, for regulation and for taxation. We cannot promise to change that, but together, we can try.
Martin Silman
Chairman, PDPLA
Chairman, PDPLA
Latest News
Labour Leader Argues For Licensing For All In Portsmouth
PDPLA Response Councillor Corkery's plea for a city-wide landlord licensing scheme raises a few questions. For a start, what is the problem he is trying to fix? We agree a central register of who owns what would help identify who is responsible...
Portsmouth Student Halls Fail
What Did We Say? At the time these units were built, we argued that whilst more halls were needed, only a small proportion of students could afford the premium rates being charged for these halls and they would struggle to fill them. In their d...
PDPLA Rejects Additional Licensing
An Overview Of Our Objections The Portsmouth & District Private Landlords Association reject the need for Additional Licensing in the city on the grounds that it is not justified by the evidence, it did not work last time, it will not ...
How Many HMOs In Portsmouth?
Number Of HMOs Is Grossly Over-Estimated Much of the justification for the introduction of Additional Licensing is based on the belief that there are 6,000 HMOs in the city with only 1,200 currently licensed under the Mandatory Licensing scheme...
Licensing Deja Vue
Letter to Gerald Vernon Jackson dated 1st June 2012 Dear Gerald I am sure that as this is a complex issue with implications for more than just housing you will want to read our full consultation response. However since it was produced we ...
HMO Rents Set To Rise 50%
The HMO Economy - The case for tenants and landlords Portsmouth legislators are proposing additional licensing for small (3 & 4 bed) Houses in Multiple Occupation. The licensing fees can only be used for the operation of the scheme. Licensing can...
Renters Reform Hits Students
What Is Proposed? The government argues that currently tenants face a system which mixes fixed-term tenancies with periodic tenancies and the world would be better for tenants if we only had periodic tenancies. Their words: "The most common for...
Portsmouth HMO Proposals Threaten 1,000 Evictions
What Does Population Data Show? This month's release of 2021 census data makes interesting reading (How the population changed in Portsmouth, Census 2021 - ONS), Portsmouth dropped from being the 83rd largest local authority to being just 90th ...
How To Create A Portsmouth HMO
Solution 1 – Buy a house in Portchester By Matthew Folley from UK - Portchester Castle, CC BY 2.0, It sounds daft, but if you buy a house in Cosham you will need planning permission to turn it into an HMO which you will only get if the local HMO den...
Electrical Reg Changes Increase Landlord Costs
What Is The Change As of 28th September 2022, the new 18th Edition amendment 2 of BS7671 (Electrics Regs) becomes compulsory. This introduces AFDDs (Arc Fault Detection Devices) in specific circumstances, specifically: >>> Regulation 4...
