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A Labour member of the House of Lords is warning that a new law could allow landlords’ bank accounts to be...

Fines for rogue landlords and agents in London have surged past the £10 million mark.   With 19 council licensing schemes and...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...

A council claims “hundreds of residents have been made safer in their homes” thanks to a licencing regime. Sheffield council insists the...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

Landlords providing much-needed private rented accommodation in part of Merseyside are to fall under an expanded  licensing regime.  Wirral councillors have voted...

A council has issued a statement boasting of its record prosecuting rogue landlords. Somerset council says it has successfully prosecuted a Taunton...

Landlords have been warned they risk fixed penalty notices and the loss of HMO licences if students leave rubbish in public...

A local authority says the fact that it has conducted no prosecutions against private landlords despite over 1,100 complaints from tenants...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...

A council has admitted that it had received literally hundreds of complaints about landlords, and it investigates each one - yet...

A lettings sector trade body is blasting local authorities for their poor record on trying to eliminate rogue landlords. The National Residential...

A Labour-controlled local authority with a reputation for clampdowns on rogue landyhas issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...

A Labour council that lost government support for its landlord licensing regime says it’s reviewing its options and will produce new...

A private landlord operating an unlicensed and overcrowded property in London has been hit with a fine of more than £21,000.  The...

The Generation Rent campaign group has entered the fray for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections which will be held in some...

A landlord’s firm has been fined after waste accumulated in the rear yard of a tenanted property. Elahi Properties of Blackburn was...

A rogue landlord in Doncaster has been given a banning order for two-and-a-half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk...

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

A rogue landlord who repeatedly rented out a substandard property in Yeadon, West Yorkshire, has been fined more than £25,000. Jack Collins,...

A buy-to-let landlord in Sutton has been fined £2,694 and ordered to pay £1,994 in costs and a victim surcharge of...

The government crackdown on the buy-to-let sector has seen landlord regulations increase by a third since the Conservative party came into...

Letting agents are being urged to do more to raise consumer awareness about rogue operators in the industry by demonstrating their...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has criticised the London Trading Standards (LTS) for what it says is an admission of failure in...

With new figures showing that almost half of letting agents do not comply with the law, London Trading Standards (LTS) has...

A buy-to-let landlord in Nottingham been fined £6,000 and instructed to pay  £1,583.18 costs, along with a £170 victim surcharge following...

  When you rent a property to a tenant, you are required to pay tax on any profit you make from rental...

Earlier this month the Tenant Fee Ban was introduced, after much fanfare from the Government. However, it is not the only...

Plans to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Barking and Dagenham has been approved by the government. Under...

Three rogue directors of a letting agency in London who conned at least landlords and tenants out of more than £105,000 were...

At least 19 landlords and tenants have been left £105,000 out of pocket by unscrupulous letting agents who ran London-based letting...

Two thirds of councils in England and Wales responding to a FOI request by the Residential Landlords Association brought no prosecutions...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay close to £30,000 after being found guilty of a number of breaches relating...

Rogue landlords with properties in Scarborough now face fines of up to £30,000 as the local council looks to clampdown on...

The government is once again being urged to introduce fresh legislation to outlaw the ‘despicable’ practice of sex-for-rent deals. Speaking in the...

Rogue landlords in Ashford will now face fines of up to £30,000 after Ashford Borough Council voted to adopt new rules...

Four landlords in Peterborough have become the first to have been fined for not holding a licence under a new city...

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

There is a direct correlation between licensed rental properties and a reduction in anti-social behaviour, according to a north London based...

Landlords renting out properties in the London borough of Brent have been ordered to pay fines totalling more than £500,000 over...

Despite recent tax changes, buy-to-let property remains an attractive investment at a time of low interest rates and volatile stock markets,...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined for renting out ‘dangerous and poor’ accommodation after a fire broke out at her property...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has vowed to crackdown on criminal landlords by ensuring that they are ‘named and shamed’...

Four weeks of prosecutions by Brent Council in north London has seen six successful results with total court fines for rogue...

Councils across the country are being urged to raise their game when it comes to protecting private tenants from a minority...

Sheffield Council has promised to continue targeting rogue landlords after bringing its highest-ever number of successful prosecutions. Seven individuals and companies were...

Barnet Council has issued a stark warning to the 2,000 landlords without correct licences across the north London borough. The council says...

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

Britons without a passport are struggling to rent due to immigration checks introduced for earlier this year, according to a new survey. The...

With less than two weeks until the new registration and licensing system in Wales, Rent Smart Wales, becomes a mandatory requirement, thousands...

Property licensing seminars will be held in London to help landlords and letting agents make sense of what is required when...

A Bristol councillor has called for additional selective landlord licensing in the city.  Clifton Down councillor, Carla Denyer, says that even in...

No fewer than 31 people were found to be living in cramped conditions in a four bedroom house in north-west London...

The owner of a house in Colindale, north London, let out to tenants in a dangerous condition has been fined £25,000. Habib...

Private landlord Pierce Mullally has been ordered to repay more than £3,000 for operating in Burnley without a proper licence. He admitted...

A dozen landlords in Waltham Forest, north east London, have been prosecuted and fined a total of £60,000 after failing to...

Unscrupulous landlords are providing vulnerable tenants with substandard housing and getting away with it due to low levels of enforcement of...

A landlord in Wembley, north west London, faces prosecution after 11 people were found living in a three-bedroom house that he...

Liverpool City Council (LCC) has issued just 2% of licensing applications since launching its citywide landlord licensing scheme in April last...

Rogue landlords are being weeded out by councils for some of the worst cases of illegal eviction, according to the Local...

The government has announced new funding to crack down on rogue landlords and tackle 'beds in sheds'. Communities secretary Greg Clark said...

Three landlords have been fined in Hyndburn, Lancashire – the first to be prosecuted under the local council's selective licensing scheme. Suzanne...

Reading Council has launched a consultation on the creation of a Private Rented Sector Housing Charter. If established, the Charter will include...

Two managing agents, who own and manage properties in Hatfield, were ordered to pay a total of £42,534 in fines after...

Two private landlords have been fined for failing to tackle sub-standard conditions in their properties after successful prosecutions by Islington Council. In...