93.4% of rental properties inspected in 2020 breached standards 

Only one in 14 private rental properties were inspected by council officials last year.

Almost 19 out of every 20 private rental properties inspected last year were found to be in breach of standards regulations for registered tenancies — the highest non-compliance rate in recent years.

New figures show that the proportion of inspected rental properties which are non-compliant has risen annually from 75.0% in 2016 to 94.3% last year.