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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
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The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants is introducing a new qualification and training for borough council housing enforcement officers to...
17 February 2022
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A lettings agency employee who diverted over £50,000 of landlords’ money into his own account has been given a suspended sentence. Paul...
08 February 2022
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Propertymark is advising agents to prepare for substantial changes to the Right To Rent process arriving in just two months time. As...
03 February 2022
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Self-managing landlords who think they don’t have the same compliance obligations as agents could face serious repercussions, Trading Standards chiefs have...
31 December 2021
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Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...
09 December 2021
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A lettings agent who also runs a tenant complaint insurance service has renewed his attack on landlords and local authorities. Ajay Jagota...
03 December 2021
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Purplebricks says its head of lettings has left after just eight months - and just days after a crisis involving tenant deposits. A Purplebricks...
01 December 2021
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A lettings agency has been prosecuted by Birmingham council for unlawfully evicting a tenant. Principal Homes is based at Great Barr and was...
29 October 2021
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One of the local authorities with the tightest clampdowns on letting agents has issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...
19 October 2021
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A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in a landmark legal ruling. Julie Stoddern, of Camborne,...
08 March 2021
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A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...
19 February 2021
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Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...
16 February 2021
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A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction. Buy to...
15 February 2021
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One person had to be rescued from a fire after their landlord failed to ensure they had a working fire alarm...
27 November 2020
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The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...
22 April 2020
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Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...
06 April 2020
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A lettings agency and its director have pleaded guilty to renting out an overcrowded house in the first case brought to...
17 March 2020
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A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...
10 March 2020
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The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...
28 February 2020
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A landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to harassing and financially exploiting...
27 February 2020
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The government has given the green light to a council’s huge licensing scheme, set to cover 18 of its 20 wards...
17 February 2020
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A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...
12 February 2020
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The government says it’s working on an online digital Right To Rent status checking service for agents and landlords to use,...
10 February 2020
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A council has prosecuted five private landlords who failed to get licences for the properties they let out. Oldham council says its...
05 February 2020
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A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...
30 January 2020
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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has backed a five year extension for a massive London council landlord licensing...
28 January 2020
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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
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A landlord in one of the most scenic parts of Devon had been served with a £18,000 civil penalty because he...
23 January 2020
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A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...
21 January 2020
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The owner of a Derbyshire property must pay out more than £3,000 after being found guilty of failing to comply with...
02 January 2020
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A landlord has been banned for two and half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk by letting unsafe housing. This...
18 December 2019
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A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...
29 November 2019
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A landlord has been hit with court fines for a fourth time for failing to properly manage his rental properties. Landlord Jack...
27 November 2019
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A rogue landlord and the property company he ran have been fined £22,000 for dishing out ‘sham licences’ to tenants in...
20 November 2019
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A rented home in Mansfield was found to have serious health and safety hazards, including a leaking roof and a lack of smoke...
11 November 2019
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One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the...
04 November 2019
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A long-term legal critic of selective licensing is warning that letting agents could be held jointly accountable with the landlords, -...
22 October 2019
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A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...
01 October 2019
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A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...
18 September 2019
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The most controversial local council rental licensing scheme in the country has been deemed a success - at least by the...
16 September 2019
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London Trading Standards has made the startling claim that 46 per cent of almost 2,000 agents it has surveyed are falling...
13 September 2019
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A joint operation between Avon and Somerset Police and North Somerset council has uncovered a string of issues connected with rental...
02 September 2019
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A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...
07 August 2019
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Another local authority has announced that it wants to introduce another selective licensing scheme and designate its entire patch for HMO...
02 August 2019
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A campaign by HM Revenue & Customs to encourage buy to let investors to ‘fess up’ to their unpaid tax has...
17 July 2019
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Both sides of the Right To Rent debate are squaring up for their latest court battle. Earlier this year the High Court...
11 July 2019
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The number of landlords admitting to not paying tax has soared in the past year, according to new data. During 2018/2019, 16,110...
08 July 2019
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A buy to let investor has been fined £4,800 and ordered to pay £2,200 in costs for failing to keep his...
19 June 2019
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The government has agreed that a council in London where all 51 councillors are Labour should go ahead with a five...
03 June 2019
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The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says that success of its information centre shows that the industry wants more information on the deposit...
30 May 2019
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A rogue landlady has been hit with a fine of £24,000 after conning her tenants and the local authorities with a...
10 May 2019
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it backs a new Trading Standards-led body which will enforce the Fees Ban starting on...
18 April 2019
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A Freedom of Information request by The Guardian newspaper has produced the startling admission from government that not even one landlord...
17 April 2019
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A lettings sector trade body says EU citizens may face problems getting private rented accommodation after Brexit. And the body - the...
08 April 2019
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A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...
28 March 2019
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A lettings agent who stole over £350,000 is reported to have been told to pay back…£1. Local media in the south of...
27 March 2019
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With the government already on the ropes over Brexit, there’s a call today for one of its flagship immigration policies to...
22 March 2019
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A leading trade body says the argument that councils have insufficient powers to tackle rogue operators isn’t supported by the facts...
08 March 2019
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A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...
07 March 2019
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There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...
04 March 2019
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The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...
01 March 2019
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The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...
13 February 2019
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Councils have been accused of routinely pursuing the most serious enforcement option open to them if they find a local licensing...
14 January 2019
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In an announcement made just hours before much of the industry started its Christmas break, the government has clarified its guidance...
24 December 2018
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The High Court today begins a Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme. The scheme began operating nationwide in...
18 December 2018
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Famous buy to let landlord Judith Wilson has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay almost £15,000 costs for failing to...
13 December 2018
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Two thirds of local authorities in England and Wales brought no prosecutions against private landlords in 2017/18 according to research by the...
29 November 2018
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We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...
26 November 2018
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Nottingham council - which recently introduced one of the largest and most controversial selective licensing schemes in the country - now...
23 November 2018
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One of Britain's highest profile landlords is to be sentenced on December 11 - and she must show the court details of...
20 November 2018
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A council says it has been preparing prosecution and penalty notices “for hundreds of private landlords that have failed to apply...
01 November 2018
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The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...
30 October 2018
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The Home Secretary has been asked by a leading lettings sector trade organisation to ensure hard copy documents are given to...
09 October 2018
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A man who submitted false VAT returns for the Lincoln franchise branch of Martin & Co for a period of six...
08 October 2018
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A buy to let investor that let at least eight people from six different families rent space in his three-storey property...
03 October 2018
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The Labour-led local authority in Hackney has issued a statement pledging fines or even bans if landlords fail to get appropriate...
27 September 2018
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Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...
26 September 2018
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The landlord of an HMO who subjected his tenants to insanitary and unsafe living conditions has been told he will no...
13 September 2018
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A landlord in Reading has been handed a huge fine for serious breaches of fire safety regulations. Philip Brotherton's company Cresctcourt Properties...
07 September 2018
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A landlord has been hit with a total fine of almost £40,000 for breaching House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) management regulations. David...
03 September 2018
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A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for...
20 July 2018
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A gas safety engineer has pleaded guilty with a landlord of falsifying gas safety certificates for a string of private rental...
11 July 2018
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A buy to let investor has ended up with a bill for thousands of pounds after being found guilty of breaching...
15 June 2018
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The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its support for a legal challenge to Right To Rent which is to be made...
06 June 2018
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A leading PropTech entrepreneur says he welcomes reforms currently moving through Parliament to professionalise the lettings sector - but he wants...
09 May 2018
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Letting agents have responded with enthusiasm to the government’s announcement over the Easter weekend that the industry would in future have...
03 April 2018
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The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...
01 April 2018
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The controversial Right To Rent policy has been attacked as having failed “to demonstrate its worth” in encouraging immigration compliance. Under Right...
29 March 2018
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A property management company has been landed with a legal bill of almost £2,000 after admitting that it failed to keep...
23 March 2018
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Brent Council has confirmed that the government has approved its request to extend the local selective licensing scheme. The local authority, which...
20 February 2018
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The city council in Nottingham claims it has taken action against no fewer than 561 unauthorised To Let boards under powers...
14 February 2018
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A London council is marking 125 successful prosecutions against agents, landlords and sub-letting tenants since 2016. The authority, Brent, says the convictions...
13 February 2018
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Landlords in Wales who manage their own properties are being reminded that they must submit their licence application to Rent Smart...
06 February 2018
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The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its opposition to Right To Rent, and is backing two legal challenges to the measure. Letting...
02 February 2018
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Rent Smart Wales says it is “heartening” that there has been a substantial recent rise in the number of agents, properties...
25 January 2018
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There has been another prosecution under the controversial Rent Smart Wales regulations - although this time the landlord in question was...
19 December 2017
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One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...
18 December 2017
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The director of a property management firm has been found guilty of nine offences of breaching regulations relating to a house...
13 December 2017
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Police officers have seized well over £6,000 worth of cannabis and drug manufacturing equipment after being tipped off by a letting...
07 November 2017
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The draft Bill to ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants has been published - it’s to be called the Tenants’...
01 November 2017
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Almost 60 per cent of councils across Britain have not prosecuted any landlord for any offence in the past year according...
31 October 2017
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The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has started what is described as an official inspection of Right To Rent. Legislation...
25 October 2017
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Four landlords have been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling £232,155.68 in the first prosecutions of its kind brought by...
19 October 2017
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Letting agency Saxons has been fined more than £3,000 after pleading guilty to the offence of displaying an unauthorised To Let...
03 October 2017
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Letting agency Spicerhaart has been fined £2,670 after pleading guilty to operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupation. A prosecution was brought...
26 September 2017
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A landlord has been prosecuted and ordered to repay over £5,000 to his tenants for letting an unlicensed House of Multiple...
25 September 2017
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A Scarborough buy to let investor has been found guilty of two offences under the Housing Act 2004 for non-compliance with...
21 September 2017
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This month’s prosecution of a letting agency for issuing ‘sham licences’ that suggested occupiers had no right to challenge eviction and...
31 August 2017
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More than 100 criminal prosecutions have been secured against landlords since the start of an enforcement crackdown by Brent council in...
25 July 2017
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A property campaigner says the failure of the police to investigate a lettings agent who was eventually convicted of fraud after...
20 July 2017
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Beleagured housing minister Alok Sharma has been told by a London council that his decision over an application for a borough-wide...
20 July 2017
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A landlord has been ordered to pay over £10,000 after pleading guilty to breaching three separate fire regulations. Charles Thornton was fined...
14 June 2017
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A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...
30 May 2017
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Agents and landlords with properties in Wales have been reminded they could be breaking the law if they're not signed up to...
16 May 2017
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A north London landlord who housed a family of five, including three children, in a cramped attic has been prosecuted by...
11 May 2017
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A buy to let expert says there should be stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector. In a...
10 May 2017
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A man who rented out rooms above a town centre bar has been banned from being a buy to let landlord...
09 May 2017
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A prominent campaigning letting agent has discovered that more than 6,000 tenants in one region alone have complained to local authorities...
08 May 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association has repeated its calls for a new housing court “to speed up justice for landlords and tenants.” The...
27 April 2017
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A property company owner who waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally evict...
17 March 2017
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A private landlord in Sheffield has been prosecuted for harassing a tenant and failing to manage his property adequately. Nilendu Das was...
17 March 2017
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The landlord of an HMO above a Chinese takeway in Cornwall has been fined for failing to comply with the requirements...
15 March 2017
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A convicted Surrey letting agent who used his clients’ money to cover his business debts has been ordered to pay £25,000...
23 February 2017
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A series of prosecutions of rogue landlords by a London council has also seen a so-called ‘property manager’ fined a four-figure...
17 February 2017
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A landlord is facing prosecution for failing to comply with various HMO regulations. For the last two days, Paul Turner has appeared...
25 January 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association has roasted the enforcement policies and provisions for the controversial Rent Smart Wales initiative which begins in...
10 November 2016
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A council has taken a landlord to court for failing to licence his two buy to let properties under its selective...
13 October 2016
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Letting agents and landlords are being reminded to comply with an obligation to remove ‘to let’ signs in certain parts of...
06 October 2016
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A landlord that continually refused to sign up to a council’s selective licensing regime has been found guilty by the courts...
05 September 2016
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A landlord has been fined just £440 after he effectively left a tenant homeless. Warrington Magistrates Court heard that Peter Lamont, the...
19 August 2016
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A London council will introduce two new licensing schemes in the New Year. These make it a legal requirement for landlords to obtain...
05 August 2016
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A council has issued a press release to say that a trio of prosecutions on private landlords combine to prove it...
02 August 2016
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A council has prosecuted a landlord, who was fined £600 plus £500 in council costs after pleading guilty to breaching building...
02 August 2016
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A raid on a house has uncovered appalling conditions including a Slumdog Millionaire-style shanty town shack made from wood offcuts, pallets...
29 July 2016
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There has been yet another prosecution over an unsafe house in multiple occupation. Syed Masum Ali appeared in Stafford Magistrates Court and...
07 July 2016
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Burnley Council has brought a series of prosecutions against people responsible for unlicensed rented houses in the borough. The council has introduced...
04 July 2016
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A letting agent who scammed dozens of tenants and landlords out of more than £220,000 of rents and deposits has been...
29 June 2016
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Two landlords have been fined after being found guilty of fire safety failings in their rental properties. Both prosecutions were brought by...
25 May 2016
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Havering council has successfully prosecuted a landlord who must now pay £101,300 for building illegal flats at her property. Jaghtar Khaira was...
17 May 2016
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The owner of a rented property in west London has received a penalty of more than £20,000 having pleaded guilty to...
10 May 2016
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A letting agent and four landlords face bills totalling more than £20,000 after being prosecuted by Islington Council for operating unlicensed...
06 May 2016
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The Residential Landlords’ Association has revealed what it calls “worryingly low levels of enforcement of rented housing regulations” by local authorities. Using...
29 April 2016
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A private landlord has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 after admitting operating in Burnley without a proper licence. Matthew Hartley...
12 April 2016
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Lettings companies and an organised group of criminals described as a “gang of chancers” have been hit with fines and costs...
25 March 2016
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A landlord has become the first to be prosecuted by Waltham Forest council for failing to obtain one of its controversial...
21 March 2016
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The Local Government Association says recent prosecutions show that councils are cracking down on illegal evictions by landlords and their agents...
01 February 2016
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A landlord has been cautioned and has agreed to pay £1,000 compensation to a tenant, and pay £2,000 towards legal costs,...
15 December 2015
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New funding will help up to 65 councils tackle rogue landlords who let out substandard homes including the hated Beds In...
12 November 2015
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A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £400,000 after converting a property into flats without permission. Gilbert Garrick let the...
13 October 2015
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London Mayor and Tory leadership wannabee Boris Johnson wants rogue operators in the private rental sectors to be banned with repeat...
08 September 2015
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Letting agents and property managers of blocks with fire doors are being urged to take their responsibilities more seriously. The warning comes...
02 September 2015
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Newham Council has reported that in the two and a half years since its licensing scheme came into force it has...
24 August 2015
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A landlord has been handed a total fine of £75,215 for a number of offences, including failing to licence four houses...
21 August 2015
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A lettings agency has issued a warning to tenants to protect themselves following a claim that the city in which it...
18 August 2015
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A letting agent is angry that there has not been a single prosecution in his region as a result of agencies...
27 July 2015
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The publication Environmental Health News has secured the release of files showing the details of hundreds of convicted private landlords in...
24 July 2015
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A council in an area with one of the country’s largest private lettings sectors says it has launched investigations into more...
23 July 2015
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An amnesty on the licensing of houses in multiple occupation is being held in Barnet in north London following the successful...
17 June 2015
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A landlord has been prosecuted and fined for failing to carry out vital works on his rental property. Victor Robbins of Leigh-on-Sea,...