Background and Policy Objectives
3.In 2002, a working group reviewed the workings of the present legal framework under the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the Rent Order”). The Department’s strategy for the sector, entitled ‘Renting privately: a strategic framework’, was published in 2004.
4.The policy objectives of the Order are:
To target unfitness and disrepair through repair enforcement and rent control;
To reduce inequities between tenure types;
To simplify, clarify and raise awareness of landlord and tenant obligations.
