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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...

Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...

Almost all landlords letting out properties in a London borough will soon be legally required to have a selective license. It’s one...

A criminal businessman has been given a London council’s first ever landlord banning order. Property dealer Jaydipkumar Rameshchandra Valand, who lives in...

Council enforcement officers found 11 people crammed inside a three-bed semi in London following a tip-off from eagled-eyed residents. Brent council officers...

Local authorities exist to improve housing stock in their area; however, licensing is not the best way to improve standards across...

A rogue landlord prosecuted for illegally squashing seven flats into a development with planning permission for six must pay around £250,000.  In...

1. Outdoor space: After nearly two years of restrictions, 2022 will see renters continuing to prioritise outdoor space. For residents of...

A Build To Rent operator is introducing “signature scents” into its properties “to lift moods and enhance the rental experience.” Fig, orange...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay back a whopping £190,000 after he was caught receiving rental from illegal flats. A...

Brent Council’s application to extend its selective licensing scheme in the north west London ward has been rejected by central government.  Brent...

Members of the general public are being offered the opportunity to have their say on Brent’s landlord licensing scheme. Brent Council wants...

An unscrupulous landlord has been told to pay close to £25,000 after being prosecuted for renting out rooms in an unlicensed...

Brent Council in north London looks set to take action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after ...

A family of slum landlords who crammed 31 people into a suburban four-bedroom house has been ordered to pay back almost...

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

Brent Council insists that it wants to build better relationships with private landlords after successfully winning close to 150 prosecution cases...

A buy-to-let landlord in North West London has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 for licensing breaches in connection with...

An ‘unsafe’ house in multiple occupation (HMO) in north London has been uncovered by enforcement officers from Brent Council following a...

Plans to introduce new licensing schemes for privately rented homes across parts of North West London have been given the go-ahead by...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £7,400 after failing to obtain a license to rent out a property in...

Criminal landlords who crammed up to 40 migrants inside their semi-detached townhouse in north-west London face losing hundreds of thousands of...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £10,000 after tenants were discovered living in appalling, cramped conditions, as Brent Council...

With significantly more new homes urgently needed to help plug the housing shortage in this country, the government views the Build...

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

A company letting out an illegally converted house in North West London has been ordered to pay £250,000 under the Proceeds...

A landlord operating in the London borough of Brent has been has been ordered to pay close to £7,500 for cramming...

Let's face it - landlords have a bad reputation. The press often portray buy-to-let landlords as greedy money-grabbers who are looking...

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

A criminal landlord has been handed a fine of almost £40,000 after he was caught housing 24 tenants in a rental...

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

A private landlord in north London has been sentenced to four months imprisonment and fined £20,000 after pleading guilty to intimidating his...

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