Data gathered by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) shows that less than half the fines levied against rogue landlords have...
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It is possible that licensing regimes operated by local councils could cut the fees they impose on landlords. The House of Commons...
29 April 2024
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Environmental health officers are making a last ditch bid to save local council licensing. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health reckons that...
24 April 2024
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Uttlesford District Council's annual Landlord Forum, in partnership with the National Residential Landlords Association will take place on Tuesday May 14...
13 March 2024
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...
04 March 2024
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Supporters of council selective licensing start rearguard action Some of those involved in local councils have started a campaign to save selective...
01 March 2024
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Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...
16 February 2024
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A legal services provider is claiming that landlords risk criminal prosecution for breaches of licensing rules that are often “unreasonable and...
02 February 2024
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A London council has prosecuted a landlord for failing to carry out repairs on his property and causing a severe health...
09 January 2024
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Landlords Shaun and Laraine Etherington have pleaded guilty to four offences of breaching Prohibition Orders against human habitation at their properties...
14 December 2023
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The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has given a warm welcome to many of the provision in the Renters Reform Bill...
13 December 2023
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London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leader of activist group Generation Rent have teamed up for an anti-damp and mouldy...
01 December 2023
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Two new forums for landlords and others serving the private rental sector are being held this month. The North Yorkshire council initiative...
06 November 2023
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The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health gas come out in support of a legal challenge to the government’s draft regulations exempting...
02 November 2023
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Claims on social media by a leader of the Renters Reform Coalition - who is also a contributor to a Labour-supporting website...
01 November 2023
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A landlord has been prosecuted for the unlawful eviction of a tenant from privately rented accommodation in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Leading up...
12 September 2023
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A rogue landlord has been fined £27,460 for putting residents at risk by failing to maintain a property. Flintshire County Council brought...
04 September 2023
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A council has taken a landlord to court over a paperwork dispute - but the fine for the buy to let...
08 June 2023
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A court has heard that Amjad Ali Khattak, owner of a flat in Oxford, removed his tenant’s possessions and left them...
25 April 2023
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A landlord has been found guilty of operating an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation and - in the words of a...
19 April 2023
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The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to make it easier for councils...
30 November 2022
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Coventry council has issued financial penalties on a landlord of a poorly managed and unlicensed HMO totalling £60,000. The council has also...
12 October 2022
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Islington Council in London has prosecuted a landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with licensing regulations, including refusal to provide a...
11 August 2022
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A landlord has been fined £7,500 for not complying with electrical safety standards at a property he owns and lets out...
01 June 2022
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made a sweeping attack on the conditions of homes run by private landlords. In a statement backing...
12 May 2022
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Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is the latest local authority to resume consultations on Selective Licensing after putting initial proposals on ice...
03 May 2022
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A council has served improvement notices on a number of properties owned by the Salvation Army and let to private tenants...
22 April 2022
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The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...
17 February 2022
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The government is expected to give at least some details today of the principles enshrined in a new White Paper on...
05 October 2021
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The government needs to beef up enforcement if it wants to address rogue landlords who put tenants at risk, says the...
25 August 2021
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The latest updates affecting the work of local landlords, letting agents and property managers, plus a chance to network and catch...
04 August 2021
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A landlord has been given a hefty fine for housing vulnerable tenants in hazardous conditions in a case brought by a...
27 July 2021
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A landlord who failed to ensure his property was clean and safe for tenants to live in has been prosecuted by...
22 July 2021
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A licensing scheme proposed for one part of the UK has been branded as “intrusive” for tenants and expensive for the...
20 July 2021
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A four year ban on letting any residential property has been imposed on a landlord found guilty of using accommodation that could...
03 March 2021
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Two landlords have to pay almost £8,000 for letting their flats in defiance of a Prohibition Order. The order came into force...
24 February 2021
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The owner of a property used for an illegal party has been fined by a London council for breaking lockdown. Police were called...
22 February 2021
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Two men have been ordered to pay almost £8,000 for letting out flats in defiance of regulations designed to keep tenants...
08 February 2021
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Two landlords have been fined over £100,000 after 35 people were found living in what a judge called “criminally improper conditions.” Arun...
22 October 2020
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New guidance from ARLA Propertymark’s legal helpline aims to provide landlords and letting agents with greater clarity based on frequent queries they...
25 March 2020
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Proposals for a national register of landlords have been rejected by the government. A report on the joint research project between the...
08 November 2019
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A buy-to-let landlord in north London has been ordered to pay more than £13,000 after breaching fire safety regulations and failing...
12 June 2019
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Two landlords in Staffordshire have been ordered to pay more £5,000 after allowing their tenants to live in poor conditions Brian...
11 June 2019
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A private landlord has been ordered to pay £800 in fines and costs after investigators discovered several deficiencies in a property...
10 April 2019
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A buy-to-let landlord in Stevenage has been fined £14,000 and told to pay Stevenage Borough Council’s legal costs of £2,845.50 and...
09 April 2019
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A landlord in Stevenage who allowed his tenant to live in an excessively cold attic with a serious fire safety hazard...
23 January 2019
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A London-based property firm has been ordered to pay back 70% of their profits gained from renting poorly converted flats in...
20 November 2018
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This week’s announcement that landlords will need to pay the first £3,500 to make improvements to their properties to ensure they...
07 November 2018
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A landlord has been ordered to pay just over £5,000 after admitting safety failings at a fire-hit house in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Lawrence...
22 August 2018
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A rogue landlord letting a cold, damp property with a lack of hot water and heating has been ordered to pay...
10 July 2018
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The government has been criticised for continuing to drag its heels over taking on key recommendations made in a recent report...
05 July 2018
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The publication yesterday of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, confirming that landlords and building managers will...
18 May 2018
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The government must focus on urgently improving dangerous housing conditions across the country after new figures revealed that thousands of private...
17 April 2018
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A but-to-let landlord in south east London has been penalised for allowing his elderly tenants to live in a property that...
31 January 2018
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A landlord has been handed a £10,000 fine after failing to properly maintain his rental property, leaving tenants living in substandard...
17 November 2017
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A new licensing system in the West London neighbourhoods of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Ealing aims to protect landlords...
12 October 2017
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A buy-to-let landlord had been prosecuted for letting rooms to three disabled people in an unlicensed property in the Rose Hill...
26 September 2017
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A rogue landlord who rented out filthy and dangerous flats in Bradford likened to slums has been ordered to pay close...
11 July 2017
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A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay more than £17,000 for renting out an unsafe house in Ipswich, which posed...
24 April 2017
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A landlord has been sentenced to six weeks in prison following the illegal evicting of one of his tenants and for...
18 April 2017
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A landlord has been ordered to pay £21,000 for renting out an unlicensed house in Oxford. Six people were found to be...
01 March 2017
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A buy-to-let landlord who failed to obtain a license for a property in London has been ordered to repay close to...
06 January 2017
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A buy-to-let landlord has been prosecuted after three flats that he owns in Hull were found to be in a dangerous...
14 November 2016
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A man claiming not to be a landlord has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 for putting the lives of...
02 November 2016
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A company has been handed a hefty fine by Islington Council for letting an unlicensed flat in the north London borough. Landhouse...
16 August 2016
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Three landlords in Oxford have been fined a total of £11,000 after being convicted of housing offences. Environmental Health Officers from Oxford...
25 July 2016
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The owner of a house in Whitethorn Way, Oxford, let to tenants as a house in multiple occupation (HMO), has been...
29 June 2016
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The owner of a house in Colindale, north London, let out to tenants in a dangerous condition has been fined £25,000. Habib...
17 June 2016
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Homeowners and prospective landlords across the Deepings and Bourne districts of Lincolnshire are being offered grants of up to £5,000 to...
03 June 2016
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A landlord has been banned from renting out a converted garage after environmental health officers found a family living in sub-standard...
24 December 2015
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A series of raids on privately let properties in the West Country appear to have taken place as a way of...
10 November 2015
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Two landlords in Leamington Spa in the West Midlands have been fined £27,000 for failing to manage a house in multiple...
29 September 2015
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A Welsh landlord has been prosecuted for failing to licence her property and manage it safely, making it difficult to escape...
02 September 2015
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The tiny number of landlord convictions is no deterrent to the worst landlords, Generation Rent has said, as it calls on...
27 July 2015
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The Guardian has named and shamed a North London landlord after she topped a list of letting agents and landlords who have...
24 July 2015
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An unlicensed HMO landlord has been ordered to pay more than £25,000 after appearing in court. Emmil Seeson Watson (also known as...
21 July 2015
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A letting agency has been handed fines totalling £7,000 and costs of £1,140 after the council took it to court over...
01 July 2015
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Two private landlords have been fined for failing to tackle sub-standard conditions in their properties after successful prosecutions by Islington Council. In...