What?
The Landlord Accreditation Wales (LAW) Scheme is a voluntary, national project run by the 22 Local Authorities (LAs) in Wales.
The LAW scheme is founded on the belief that the more aware and knowledgeable landlords are on the key property management issues, the more likely their properties will be maintained to a higher standard; their tenants' safety and health will be improved and their businesses better protected.
By providing landlords across Wales with information and professional development opportunities, the scheme will:
- Assist accredited landlords to operate a successful rental business.
- Provide tenants with safe, well managed accommodation.
- Provide landlords advertising their property and tenants looking for accommodation with an easily identifiable brand to utilise and have faith in.
- Reduce the number of landlords needing Council intervention to resolve issues. This in turn should mean Councils can target the small number of landlords who will not improve standards in their accommodation without vigorous supervision, and in some cases legal intervention.
If you want to read a full overview of the scheme, and find out the purpose of it, and how it is run, please feel free to download the Scheme Guidance document found in the downloads section of this site.