County Durham local council is consulting on introducing a selective licensing scheme to create better housing for residents.
The local authority wants selective licensing across the county to ensure good standards of private rental properties and reduce anti-social behaviour.
The scheme would apply to approximately 51,000 properties in areas where there is low demand, or where there is a significant or persistent problem caused by anti-social behaviour, poor property conditions, or high levels of migration, deprivation or crime.
Landlords would need to apply for a licence for each residential property they rent out in a designated area, and show they have adequate management arrangements in place. A licence will last for five years.
Consultation is going on until the end of Monday April 27.
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