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A Labour council in London has issued a statement appearing to celebrate its role cracking down on landlords. The statement from Brent...

A council is warning landlords and tenants after one landlord was ordered to pay more than £4,700 in fines and costs...

A Selective Licensing scheme proposal is out for consultation in the Scunthorpe area -  with a harsh message from a council...

It’s emerged that Housing Secretary approved yet another vast landlord licensing system just days before Christmas. On December Gove gave approval to...

A new borough-wide additional licensing regime has been given the go ahead in part of London. Redbridge council’s scheme has extended licensing...

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

There have been no fewer than 10 different enquiries into selective licensing of landlords or rental properties by local councils -...

The landlords’ trade body is broadly welcoming some proposals from MPs to reform the private rented sector. Some aspects of the Levelling...

A London borough council has revealed the number of cases it has taken against private landlords since the start of 2021...

A Wirral landlord has become the first in the region to be served with a Banning Order, which will prohibit him...

A new initiative offering private landlords £5,000 to £25,000 to let their properties through a council has been given the go...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to make it easier for councils...

Two groups of activists who campaign for rent controls and reform of the private lettings sector have turned on each other. Acorn...

A council wants private tenants to ‘grass’ on rogue landlords in the light of the tragic death of toddler Awaab Ishak. Telford...

With a month to go until a new licensing scheme for private rented homes starts, Oxford council is urging landlords to...

A new Selective Licensing scheme for private landlords in Nottingham has been approved by the city council and now goes for...

It’s now daggers-drawn between the National Residential Landlords Association and Oxford’s Labour-run council over a huge new licensing scheme. Government approval of...

Brand new ‘property passports’ would help landlords prove their homes are compliant and assist tenants to identify decent and safe housing,...

A council has secured a banning order against a rogue landlord who was found guilty of failing to comply with legal...

A Midlands council is the latest to introduce an additional licensing regime for HMOs - but it’s based on a consultation...

All private rented homes in Oxford will need a licence from this September, following a green light from the government. Some 49.3...

A points-based system of rent controls is being advocated by activists associated with a controversial pro-tenant group. Living Rent, which is calling...

Private landlords who let out properties in Central West Bromwich are being urged to check if they need to apply for...

Oxford’s Labour-run council has called on private renters to join a new tenants union. A statement from the authority says some private...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has given £650,000 to one town to clampdown on rogue landlords. A statement...

Birmingham’s Labour controlled council is writing to Housing Secretary Michael Gove for consent to apply a new licensing scheme over 25...

A  council is set to ask local landlords of rental properties to join an accreditation scheme to improve standards and deliver...

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

A PropTech supplier claims 83 per cent of students have lived in accommodation considered ‘unfit for habitation’ under the Homes Act...

A landlord company has been fined more than £15,000 for failing to improve housing conditions in three properties. North Somerset council received...

Fines for landlords and lettings agents in Greater London have soared from just £22,000 in May to a huge £139,146 in...

A landlord has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds by magistrates after a bedroom fire revealed tenants were living in...

The government has taken the unusual step of denying a local council its request for an extended term for a landlord...

A Citizens Advice and Students Union study into student accommodation in its patch says there should be an additional licensing scheme...

A Midlands council says it’s sent thousands of letters to landlords in the last 12 months in response to complaints from...

A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...

There is growing momentum for local councils to freeze their plans for landlord licensing while the pandemic continues. Lettings agency trade body...

Insecure tenancies, poor housing conditions and overcrowding lead to health problems and worsen risks in the pandemic, a think tank claims. The...

The Acorn group of rental activists has created a detailed crib sheet of responses to a council consultation on landlord licensing. Acorn,...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £1,384 after pleading guilty to failing to selectively license a rental property he owns in...

Brent Council in north London will be taking action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after  17...

Unscrupulous landlords in the London Borough of Hackney face more stringent regulation after Hackney Council agreed to new property licensing powers...

An unscrupulous landlord in Chesterfield has been ordered to pay a total of £5,684.91 after being prosecuted by a second time...

New enforcement rules covering living conditions in private rented housing in Hull look set to be introduced after Humber Landlords Association...

Following the recent addition of the Fitness for Human Habitation Bill and the amendments this has made to the existing Landlord...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined more than £6,000 after failing to obtain a license for a shared house in Bristol. John Elwes...

A private landlord from St Helens has been ordered to pay £21,000 after a prosecution by the local council found a...

People in Stoke-on-Trent are being invited to have their say on city council plans to designate 14 areas under ‘selective licensing...

A rogue landlord letting a cold, damp property with a lack of hot water and heating has been ordered to pay...

The government has been criticised for continuing to drag its heels over taking on key recommendations made in a recent report...

BTL landlords in Redbridge will have to abide by tougher rules after new rental licensing conditions proposed by Redbridge Council were...

There are a number of key changes facing private landlords at the moment, which is why this year’s Landlord Expo, to...

The government must focus on urgently improving dangerous housing conditions across the country after new figures revealed that thousands of private...

Rotherham Council wants to do more to protect private tenants by using tougher new laws to clamp down on rogue landlords. Local...

Gedling Borough Council has proposed a five year licensing scheme for private landlords in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, in an effort to improve...

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

Plans to introduce an additional licensing scheme across 12 wards in Havering, east London, look set to be approved tomorrow. Local councillor will...

Private landlords and letting agents in Wisbech, a market town in Fenland, Cambridgeshire, are being invited to offer their views this...

Nine private landlords have been banned from letting out homes in the Govanhill area of Glasgow after being found unfit to...

A London council has been working with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to identify landlords that have failed to declare their...

Most buy-to-let landlords could soon be required to licence their properties in the London borough of Brent if the government agrees...

A private landlord has been fined by Willesden Magistrates Court for poor and potentially dangerous housing conditions following a prosecution by...

Don Valley MP Caroline Flint is calling for selective licensing to be extended across the borough, after visiting Newham in London,...

A landlord in Bristol has been fined thousands of pounds after tenants and neighbours complained about the awful state of toilets,...

Landlords in parts of Manchester may soon have to apply for a licence to let their properties as part of a...

Private tenants north of the border have come together to launch Scotland’s first national union for people living in the private...