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29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Second huge fine for lettings firm’s HMO non-compliance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
A lettings company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘No Airbnb’ - flats win planning consent but short lets are banned](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A new block of apartments on the banks of a photogenic canal has been given the planning green light - but...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Commissioners step in to council with controversial private rental scheme](/upload/images/library/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
The government is intervening further in the running of Liverpool council, which operates a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme. Housing Secretary...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shocking case of property rental firm's open sewer in garden](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Court-Fine-400x310.jpg)
A property management company has been fined for failing to repair an open sewer in the garden of a rental property. SRA...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Controversial council files new version of licensing proposal](/img/default/lat.png)
A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Vocal supporter of rental licensing arrested in corruption probe](/img/default/lat.png)
Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Controversial council uses Foxtons-style ‘big data’ to police lettings](/img/default/lat.png)
The controversial Liverpool council licensing scheme is to be policed through the use of what the authority calls “cutting-edge big data...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Victory for buy to let as minister stops another licensing scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has rejected a council’s bid to extend its licensing scheme for privately rented housing. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Labour council links rogue landlord case to its dispute with government](/img/default/lat.png)
A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Labour council wants city-wide licensing and possible £12m windfall](/img/default/lat.png)
Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Labour outrage at licensing scheme extension being rejected](/img/default/lat.png)
The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Industry delight at government rejection of licensing extension](/img/default/lat.png)
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has rejected a bid by Labour-controlled Liverpool council to extend its licensing scheme for five years. Government approval...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Shock warning that agents could be sued under selective licensing laws](/img/default/lat.png)
A long-term legal critic of selective licensing is warning that letting agents could be held jointly accountable with the landlords, -...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Ker-ching! Councils cash in as revenue soars from licensing schemes](/img/default/lat.png)
The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents and landlords warned on empty homes and vermin](/img/default/lat.png)
A council is warning agents and landlords not to sit on long term vacant properties. The warning, from Liverpool council, comes as...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Trade body claims credit for review of authority's licensing scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
Controversial licensing conditions for a city’s landlords have been changed following complaints from an industry group. Liverpool council has modified the conditions...
15 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Industry body and controversial council at loggerheads over licensing scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
Liverpool council has completed only 648 of 39,100 licence applications by landlords in the first six months of its controversial scheme. The...