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Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to install ‘mould sensors’ in thousands of rental homes across the capital. In a pledge ahead...

A landlord who has repeatedly flouted housing rules has been fined a further £36,000 following a prosecution brought by a council.  Giuseppe...

A private landlord from Bridlington has been ordered to pay £1,500 for putting tenants into a dangerous property, thereby breaching a...

Another council has set up an advice session for private rental landlords in the area. This even will take place at Neath...

The Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration by One Housing Group in its record keeping following the its failure to conduct...

A private landlord has been prosecuted for failing to carry out works to make his rented property safe . David Almond of...

A council has won an appeal concerning two Civil Penalty Notices imposed on a landlord. The landlords had been issued two fines...

The Housing Ombudsman has ordered Yorkshire Housing to pay £3,780 after it found three findings of severe maladministration for how it...

A think tank claims that the government will pay landlords in the private sector six times the expected spend on new affordable homes in the five-year period between 2021 and 2026. The New...

The Labour Party has committed to extending a crackdown on social housing landlords who fail to fix mouldy homes, to include...

Damp and mould are two of the most common issues in rented properties, with surface mould caused by condensation one of...

The Generation Rent activist group has called for a series of reforms about damp and mould. It wants the reinstatement of energy...

Urgent action is needed by government to protect tenants who live in poor quality private rented homes, MPs have demanded. A report...

Air quality expert Stuart Smith writes:  The average family produces 24 pints of water vapour a day through routine activity but many...

Landlords who fail to ensure their private rented homes meet required standards face massively increased charges from a council. Bath & North...

There is to be no comparable law for private landlords, following the introduction of Awaab’s Law. Earlier this week the Department of...

New plans to clamp down on rogue social landlords who fail to provide safe homes have been announced today. This is part...

Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

Private tenants are being encouraged by a local council to report damp and mould issues to their landlords. Shropshire council says private...

The Renters Reform Bill’s proposal to replace Assured Shorthold Tenancies with rolling ‘periodic’ lets could put landlords’ properties at risk, it’s...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leader of activist group Generation Rent have teamed up for an anti-damp and mouldy...

A controversial licensing scheme is due to come into force tomorrow - just as the council administering it has declared itself...

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

A landlord and a property management company have been found guilty of putting tenants at risk after a council probe. Kensington and...

Two new forums for landlords and others serving the private rental sector are being held this month. The North Yorkshire council initiative...

Landlords and letting agents are being invited to attend a free event aimed at providing updates on new housing legislation and...

An unnamed landlord with a large portfolio of homes has been prosecuted by Portsmouth council for obstructing officers in carrying out...

Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property agent has warned.  Jonathan Rolande says he is seeing...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

The Green Party wants private tenants to be able to force landlords to improve the energy efficiency of homes. The scheme -...

A council has prosecuted four landlords in three days, with convictions secured for seven offences. Harold Mews Management Ltd of Margate was...

The Generation Rent activist group is urging its supporters to email MPs to protest about delays in the parliamentary progress of...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords to take responsibility for issues of damp and...

Landlords looking to optimise capital appreciation on their properties may be alarmed at a siren warning from an insurance company. One Sure...

An unlicensed landlord has been ordered to pay back almost £15,000 in rent to his tenants after they were forced to...

A landlord showed a “flagrant disregard” for her duties, including failing to replace a condemned boiler, and has been struck off. In...

A London council that just days ago threatened private landlords with unlimited fines and “have control of their properties removed” has...

A controversial licensing scheme will come into force this winter with the blessing of Housing Secretary Michael Gove. Nottingham council’s selective licensing...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

Southwark’s Labour council has won the backing of Housing Secretary Michael Gove for one of the largest private landlord licensing schemes...

Conversions, often seen as a likely property type for private landlords, are likely to be more common if two groups of...

Rogue landlord Hazmar Fauz of Welwyn in Hertfordshire has been given a hefty fine of over £15,000 for a series of...

A group of rental activists in London claims that over 10,000 private rented homes in the borough of Brent have a...

The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...

A Labour pressure group wants the party to campaign on housing at the next General Election, including railing against what it...

Activists who until last week were focussing their campaigning on demanding the publication of the Renters Reform Bill have now announced...

Social housing tenants are to be encouraged to hold their landlords to account as part of a taxpayer funded training scheme. From free advice on...

An unnamed landlord in the Norfolk town of Cromer has been issued with a £2,000 penalty, after the Residential Property Tribunal...

Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...

Shelter claims that private renters who complained to their landlord, letting agent or local council in the last three years were...

The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the social housing provider which supplied accommodation to Awaab...

Activist group Generation Rent is demanding that the government tighten regulations on damp and mould - and is tying this to...

A London Labour council is putting an extra £400,000 into enforcement against private landlords allegedly ignoring serious damp and mould issues. The...

A private landlord has been prosecuted after a family, including a baby and two older children, were left without water or adequate...

Activist group Generation Rent has accused landlords of “silencing” private tenants who live in flats hit with damp and mould. The claim...

A not-for-profit business that advocates tenants use Rent Repayment Orders against landlords has issued a furious response to a Supreme Court...

A charity wants the government to be tougher with private landlords over issues like damp and mould. Citizens Advice claims that its research...

An association run by a local council with the involvement of private landlords is marking its 10th anniversary. The Partnership Accreditation for...

The Generation Rent group of activists is promoting a petition calling for private landlords to pay damages to tenants in some...

The Regulator of Social Housing has warned landlords in that sector to take immediate action over damp and mould. And the regulator...

The Housing Ombudsman - a service which deals with social housing - says it’s found severe maladministration in how Leeds council...

Social housing, believed by some to be superior to private rental, is under the spotlight as two major landlords are to...

The government says it’s reviewing landlord guidance on the health risks of damp and mould following the death of two year...

A newspaper has discovered that over 1,500 warnings for damp or mould have been issued to landlords by just one city...

Three more social housing landlords have been ‘named and shamed’ by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The trio - two of which are...

A council is telling private tenants in its area to make contact if they believe their mould-related problems are not being...

The Generation Rent campaign group says the latest English Housing Survey shows that 23 per cent of private rented homes fail...

The freeholders to a block of maisonettes have been ordered to pay more than £22,000 after failing to carry out repairs...

A landlord who left her tenants to live in filthy and unsafe conditions, while running an unlicensed HMO, has been prosecuted...

A council now consulting on a huge licensing scheme for private landlords has been slammed - over its own record as...

A London council has boasted of its success in working with a landlord to remedy problems on a rental property served...

An activist group that campaigns against landlords has accused some of discriminating against tenants on the ground of their sexual orientation. Baroness...

The Baroness leading a renters’ pressure group wants to work with councils to push tenants’ rights.   Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of Generation...

A market research company is to go door-to-door to seek residents’ views as part of a council’s consultation on landlord licensing. MEL...

A consultation is underway into the extension of yet another private landlord licensing scheme for a further five years. Since March 2018...

The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...

The Deposit Protection Service is warning landlords not to delay discussions about damp and mould until the end of the tenancies. DPS...

A landlord has been fined £6,250 for failing to make a series of improvements to the property he lets out in...

A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from frustrated private...

Shelter says 20 per cent of private and social renters in England suffer poor health because of the condition of their...

A small proportion of private landlords grab the spotlight because of their poor treatment of tenants and properties - yet figures...

A landlord has been prosecuted for failure to make improvements to his tenanted property, including failing to install a fire detection...

A landlord who committed 33 offences at a property he owns has been issued with civil penalties totalling £50,500. Zaheer Uddin Babar,...

Periodic inspections of your property are just as important for landlords as the inventory check at the start of the tenancy....

A London landlord who ignored six enforcement notices served by his local council has been ordered to pay over £300,000. Salim Mussa Patel...

There’s no shortage of advice for landlords as winter approaches - the latest comes from the Deposit Protection Service.  Here’s its four...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 has been applicable to all tenants in England for just over a month,...

Tenants sometimes complain their property is damp and mouldy, and request that their landlord take action to address the problem. Landlords,...

With the temperature plummeting across the UK, there are several weather warnings in place over the next few days, and some...

As winter is coming, it’s time to think about how to protect your property from damp and mould. This silent assassin...

Nearly half of tenants in the UK claim to have suffered health problems and injury as a direct result of conditions...

Landlords are taking advantage of first-time student renters by failing to carry out repairs, according to a new poll. A fresh report...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined close to £6,500 after failing to make improvements to a house in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, including...

A proposal to scrap Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, the clause which allows landlords to evict tenants without cause, would...

Private renters who complain to their landlord about problems at their rental property, including issues such as damp and mould, are...

A tenant who illegally sublet an unlicensed and poorly-maintained bungalow in north London, which was described by Brent Council as a...

A landlord from Greater Manchester has been fined for letting out a flat which had no heating during winter. North Staffordshire Justice...

The Welsh government is currently seeking views on proposed regulations, made under section 94 of the act, for determining if a...

A pair of private landlords who rented out a damp and mouldy house in Croydon to a family of four, including...

After lobbying Tower Hamlets Council for three years, private renters in the east London district have finally been granted a new...