The Landlords Association in Kent said the scheme could encourage the long-term tenancies which everybody wanted.
The Association of British Insurers predicted the scheme would force insurance premiums up by 8%.
But Dr Paul Flynn, of the British Medical Association consultants' committee, defended the scheme.
The National Landlords Association (NLA) welcomed the Slough scheme as an effort to clamp down on rogue landlords.
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Make sure you refer to it as the Private Sector Leasing Scheme (PSLS) or Housing Association Leasing Schemes (HALS).
Kim Bromley-Derry, president of the Association of Children's Services, said the scheme must not take qualified social workers away from the front line.
Fiona McAnespie of Fold Housing Association said they needed to look again at their marketing scheme.
But Kevin Morris, chairman of the Police Superintendents Association, told the Times newspaper opposition to extending the scheme to every man, woman and child was overstated.
Assistant Chief Constable Iain Livingstone, lead for public protection at the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, said the scheme played a "key role" in protecting children from harm.
Councils are grabbing an increasing share of rising land prices by bumping up the amount of social housing developers must build as part of a new scheme and hand over to the local housing association.
He had presided over a credit association, which had gone bust, and tried to launch a scholarship scheme for poor students, which had landed him in jail for tax evasion.
But it has been criticised by the Association of British Drivers which said it had analysed a trial of the scheme and while there was a drop in casualties in one area there was a rise in another.
The scheme, backed by the Northumberland National Park Authority and Youth Hostel Association (YHA), will also create 60 full-time jobs.
Rosemary Wright, from the Middleport Community Association, said the land had been an "eyesore" since the renewal scheme had been scrapped.
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"One picture does not erase a lifetime of supporting every gun ban and every gun-control scheme imaginable, " said Andrew Arulanandam, spokesman for the National Rifle Association.
He has a long association with Prince Philip because it was taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme as a Swindon schoolboy which unleashed his adventurous spirit more than 40 years ago.
Under a scheme drawn up to cope with United's non-participation, the Football Association have created a 'wild card' spot.
The houses have long been signed over to the council and a housing association, and many have been sold into private ownership through the right-to-buy scheme.
"It's a smart scheme, " says Jeremy Gordon, a writer and analyst at the London-based World Nuclear Association, adding that with additional nuclear energy at home, Russia can export more of its abundant natural gas.
Sue Evans from the Country Land and Business Association urged the government to provide a positive experience and to try and avoid administration and communication problems surrounding the scheme to make it appear attractive.
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