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A tribunal case has ended with fines imposed on two landlords - Nigel William Harry Hobbs and James Robert Hobbs -...

Consultation time is short for landlords wanting to comment on a new licensing scheme proposed for Scunthorpe. The public consultation closes at...

A London council has prosecuted landlord Syed Shah, owner of an HMO, for a string of  breaches that posed significant risks...

A prominent lettings sector expert is blaming the media for anti-landlord sentiment and a rise in tenancy disputes. Gina Peters, Head of...

Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...

A council has prosecuted a landlord for letting out two HMOs without a licence and failing to comply with HMO Management...

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

A charity is calling for landlord licensing schemes which cost enough to fund annual inspections, and the issuing of “sentencing guidelines”...

Private landlords applied for licences covering more than 12,000 homes during the first year of a controversial council’s selective licensing scheme. The...

A council is launching an innovative scheme whereby good landlords get long licences - and poor ones get short licences. Gloucester council...

Another council is consulting about a controversial selective licensing scheme.  North Lincolnshire council says the proposed scheme is “designed to improve housing...

A landlord has quit the private rental sector after a battle with his council over why his properties were put into...

Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...

A council is reminding prospective tenants about the importance of making sure their next shared rental is licensed as a house...

A council has prosecuted a landlord for letting two HMOs without a licence and failing to comply with HMO Management Regulations.Mohammed...

A London council is consulting on another controversial landlord licensing scheme. Barking and Dagenham council’s existing Selective Licensing Scheme has been applied to...

A landlord has warned her local authority that high charges for licensing are unaffordable without the fee being passed on to...

Bristol’s controversial Labour council is extending previous licensing schemes to other parts of the city at some £1,800 HMO per licence...

A council has won an appeal to enforce a Financial Penalty Notice that was served on a landlord who let out...

The government has overturned its policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum seekers. The policy had previously been...

A legal services provider is claiming that landlords risk criminal prosecution for breaches of licensing rules that are often “unreasonable and...

New additional and selective licensing schemes are to be considered by the controversial Bristol city council. The council’s Labour Mayor - Marvin...

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

A council is warning landlords of HMOs that they must meet all of their legal responsibilities ahead of a crackdown on...

Warwick council is the latest to launch an Additional Licensing Scheme - it came into force just before last weekend. The district...

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

Newham council in London has won what it calls a landmark case against a convicted rogue landlord. The court has dismissed the...

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

A Labour-controlled council is inviting private rental sector representatives to a round-table event which it pledges will not be a talking...

Four landlords are contemplating seeking a judicial review of a council’s proposed licensing scheme extension. Middlesbrough council is consulting on extending its...

Middlesbrough is the latest council wanting to expand its landlord licensing regime. It’s consulting on extending its existing scheme to another ward. The...

An additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect in a London borough.  The new scheme will cover properties in Greenwich which...

A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...

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

A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...

Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent.  It has this week issued a statement saying the...

Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is launching a consultation to renew yet another selective licensing scheme. The scheme was launched in 2018 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 secured a banning order against a landlord, taking effect almost immediately. The order is against Grzegorz Surminski, a landlord...

Michael Gove has written to 10 social housing providers - housing associations and councils - slamming them after findings of severe...

Councils in Greater Manchester admit to charging landlords over £14,000 for “officer time” involved in licensing schemes. There are currently eight selective...

A landlord in London has been ordered to refund 12 months’ rent to tenants after failing to license their HMO. The fine...

Two landlords who let their two-bedroom flat in Tower Hamlets to as many as 22 people, have pleaded guilty to nine...

The short-term holiday letting industry has significantly expanded in recent years, but this could all change with the introduction of a...

A council statement announcing a complex new licensing regime for the local private rental sector claims “landlords and agents who are...

Residents across part of London are invited to give their thoughts on yet another new rental licensing scheme. This is a new...

A landlord has been hit with an £11,800 fine for operating an HMO without a licence. Stoke-on-Trent council launched an investigation into...

A council is running a pilot project to manage litter issues associated with HMOs. All homes in parts of Coventry were given...

Stockton-on-Tees is the latest council seeking people's views on the introduction of Selective Licensing for private rented housing. It launched a consultation...

HMRC has produced this material for landlords concerned at the prospect of self-assessment  - What is Self Assessment and why do I need...

A north of England council says it’s reviewing the fees for its selective licensing scheme “in terms of potential impact on...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £50,000 for failing to adhere to licensing legal requirements on several rental properties,...

A new survey of over 1,000 landlords has revealed that just over half would consider leaving the market due to the...

A council’s new selective property licensing scheme for rented properties will be live and open for applications from Wednesday November 1. Ilford...

HMO landlords in Portsmouth are being urged to apply for a new licence before the grace period ends on December 1. Additional...

A landlord has been found guilty of operating eight unlicensed HMOs and a range of breaches of the HMO Management Regulations. Northampton...

Plans to introduce Selective Licensing of privately rented properties have been agreed by leading Stockton-on-Tees councillors and now go for consultation. Under...

Blackpool council will next week consider a new selective licensing scheme for some of the town’s privately rented properties. The scheme will...

Warwick council is the latest to introduce an Additional Licensing Scheme for HMOs. The district wide scheme will start on January 18...

A rogue landlord and his company have been found guilty of failing to licence an HMO and breaches of management regulations. Broadland...

The Additional Licensing HMO scheme in the Bath and North East Somerset area ends on New Year’s Eve.  The scheme covers around...

A council is telling landlords that its new selective licensing fee is so low it should be entirely tax deductible and...

The rise of platforms such as Airbnb has opened up new possibilities to generate extra income by renting out spaces.  From spare...

A Labour council claims to have a pioneering scheme to get refunds from law breaking landlords. Local media in York say the...

Scotland’s controversial licensing regime on Airbnbs and other short lets, due to start next month, may breach the European Convention on...

Brent council in North London has launched a new selective licensing regime across part of the borough. Landlords who let properties in the...

Over the last 15 years, the HMO market has been transformed.  Back in the ‘90s, multi-lets were mainly student housing or cheap...

A countryside property organisation has added its voice to the calls for an extension to a licensing scheme for Airbnbs and...

More than 300 landlords have applied for a new licence brought in this summer by Tory controlled Kensington and Chelsea council...

A rogue landlord has been fined £27,460 for putting residents at risk by failing to maintain a property. Flintshire County Council brought...

Landlords are being advised to be on their guard and not be duped by social media messages urging them to flout...

Bristol’s Labour-controlled council says it wants to spend some £17m of local council tax payers’ money on two new licensing schemes...

Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...

A council is warning HMO landlords to apply for a licence ahead of a new regime starting this week. From September 1...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving landlords and letting agents and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

A trio of Cambridge landlords have been fined more than £8,000 between them, after three separate HMOs were found to be...

A Labour council says local landlords have only a week to apply for a licence before a big rise in the...

A London council is telling landlords that if they don’t apply for a licence in the next nine days they face...

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of using landlords to do her dirty work for her. In a response to the...

A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...

Owners of short-term let properties are being urged to apply for a licence under Scotland’s short-term licensing scheme before the October...

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

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in tomorrow - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...

Landlords providing accommodation on the Wirral are likely to get further licensing as a new consultation goes ahead.  The proposals suggest continuing...

Mulberry Real Estate Ltd, and its director, David Bryant, who are landlords of properties in Cardiff, have been fined for a...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who wants the government to give him the powers to impose rent controls, is now demanding licensing...

Illicit HMOs have been targeted in a bid to improve housing standards and make communities safer. North Northamptonshire council joined forces with...

A landlord who did not hold licences for her six properties, has ended up with a criminal conviction and a hefty...

A new law requiring landlords in three wards of the London borough of Brent to pay for a selective licence will...

An attempt to introducing statutory licensing for Airbnbs and some other tourist accommodation has got a frosty reception. The Welsh Government -...

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

A landlord who failed to get his properties licensed has been fined. Under the Selective Landlord Licensing scheme in part of Middlesbrough...

A council has given an insight into its past five years of enforcement actions against private landlords. The Labour council in Newham,...

A private landlord in Mansfield has been ordered to pay a £17,000 penalty after renting out sub-standard accommodation. The unnamed landlord, investigated...

A non-for-profit hospitality group wants tighter regulations and restrictions to be imposed on Airbnb properties which affect both the rental market...

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

One of London’s most aggressive landlord licensing regimes says it has an early-bird offer running until July 14. Landlords applying for Newham...

A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...

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

The Labour Mayor of Newham in London has called for a vast extension of landlord licensing. Rokhsana Fiaz says she welcomes a...