The Durham Rental Standard Scheme (DRS)

The Durham Rental Standard (DRS) is a voluntary accreditation scheme which has been developed in partnership with the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA). 

The scheme provides information, advice, and guidance to ensure landlords signed up to DRS can offer quality homes and gives tenants peace of mind, knowing that their landlord is an accredited member of the NRLA and that their property is subject to periodic compliance checks (inspections and audits) and assessed as meeting the scheme standards.

Who is eligible to join

Any landlord who:

• is an accredited member of the NRLA or who commits to becoming one
• owns a property or properties in County Durham which are available to let as private residence

The DRS scheme is only open to individual landlords and not to letting agents unless they are landlords in their own right.

How to join

Landlords need to Contact Private rented housing to apply.

There is no fee for applying to join the DRS, but there is a fee to become an accredited member of the NRLA. We have agreed a discounted package with the NRLA. Our agreed package with the NRLA entitles the bearer, whether already a member of the NRLA or not, to 12 months free membership and training to the value of £40 or in the case of an already accredited NRLA member, a discount of £40 on any training course. Contact Private rented housing for more information.