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The Law Commission has proposed a number of reforms to shake-up the legal framework governing the private rental sector.
Residential property lawyers, tenants and landlords may be among those set to benefit from greater "overall coherence and stability".
The commission has called for the creation of a housing standard monitor for the rented sector, an associated stakeholder board to represent those involved in the industry and a new code for housing management practice.
Professor Martin Partington, specialist consultant on housing law to the commission, said the existing legistlation does not presently "operate as parliament intended".
"The recommendations in our report are aimed at benefiting both landlords and tenants by enabling them to use existing legal processes more productively thereby more fully realising the intended impact of housing legislation," Professor Partington explained.
It is hoped their implementation will improve rental conditions for tenants, while also boosting the "reputation and professionalism" of landlords, he added.
The National Landlords Association said it welcome many of the proposed reforms but said the report needed to be assessed along with other consultations in order to "break this 'piecemeal' approach" to the sector.
