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A Labour-run London council is consulting on a new licensing scheme for private rented property.  If it goes ahead it will be...

Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being asked to take urgent action over housing conditions across social and private rental sectors.  Following the...

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

Two more London boroughs are consulting about licensing schemes which will require landlords or their agents to pay hundreds of pounds...

Walsall council is proposing additional licensing to improve conditions and management of HMOs in five wards where there are high numbers...

One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...

Shelter claims the health of one in five renters in England is harmed by poor housing, and says grants covering Covid-related...

An analysis of the Mayor of London’s Rogue Landlord and Letting Agent Checker shows that since it was introduced in 2018...

The latest English Housing Survey shows a dramatic rise in the energy efficiency of private rental property. Some 38 per cent of...

The Labour-run Haringey council in London says some housing conditions in the private rental sector lead to anti-social behaviour. Letting Agent Today...

ARLA Propertymark says letting agents have a vital role to play in highlighting the rights of private rental sector tenants. The comment...

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

A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

Oxford council, which has 49 per cent of its housing stock in the private rental sector, is starting a formal consultation...

The private rental sector has come under attack for its conditions and costs to tenants in a report looking into health...

A rogue landlord has been fined £1,384 for failing to get a council licence for two buy to let properties. The case...

A landlord has been hit with court fines for a fourth time for failing to properly manage his rental properties.  Landlord Jack...

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...

A joint operation between Avon and Somerset Police and North Somerset council has uncovered a string of issues connected with rental...

The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch.  Under Stoke on...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...

Last week Shelter and the National Housing Federation took a swipe at lettings agents, and now Citizens Advice has joined the...

A council says it is adopting a new approach to proactively tackling poor housing conditions in privately rented homes in one...

The Court of Appeal has ruled that councils cannot use selective licensing conditions to impose new standards on private rented homes. In...

Beleagured housing minister Alok Sharma has been told by a London council that his decision over an application for a borough-wide...

The substantial majority of landlords could soon be required to licence their properties in one London borough if the government agrees...

Councils have been told to up their game to protect tenants from a minority of landlords providing sub-standard accommodation.   The call, being...

A private landlord has been fined by a London magistrates court for poor and potentially dangerous housing conditions.    Monojor Ali was fined...

A Norwich landlord has been prosecuted “for putting lives at risk” according to the local council.  Piang Fui Pun has pleaded guilty...

A pair of landlords have been slapped with a hefty fine for allowing people to live in damp-riddled rooms without fire...

Another local authority is aiming to set up its own ‘social’ lettings agency.   The proposal is one of five put forward by...

A landlord who let a property with serious health and safety hazards to vulnerable adults has pleaded guilty of failing to implement...