Edinburgh Landlord Accreditation

The Council has recently made some difficult budget decisions to save over £90m in the next three years. Protecting essential frontline services, particularly for vulnerable people who need our help, is our priority and the budget set for 2011/12 reflects this. To help achieve this we have looked at alternatives to a range of services, including Edinburgh Landlord Accreditation (ELA).

ELA was set up as a pilot scheme in 2005 between the City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Association of Landlords to promote good practice in the private rented sector. There is now a national scheme in Scotland, Landlord Accreditation Scotland (LAS) and a decision has been taken by the Council to discontinue the ELA scheme and this ceased to exist on 31 March 2011. If you are a landlord and wish to become accredited, please contact the national scheme on 0131 553 2211 or email info@landlordaccreditationscotland.com. Alternatively, you can apply online from the LAS website: www.landlordaccreditationscotland.com .