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ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that it should not delay further on its long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, because of the...
17 May 2022
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An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A council says it’s considering introducing criminal record checks on individuals who apply to run HMOs as part of a wide-ranging...
24 March 2022
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Walsall council is proposing additional licensing to improve conditions and management of HMOs in five wards where there are high numbers...
10 March 2022
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One of the country’s major regional newspapers has launched a campaign for the urgent introduction of rent controls. The Bristol Evening Post,...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...
17 February 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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It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...
07 February 2022
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ARLA Propertymark has identified a key weakness in the government’s ambitious plans to reform the private rental sector as part of...
03 February 2022
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The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...
02 February 2022
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PropTech suppliers Kamma and CoreLogic UK have teamed up to help improve the process of buy to let lending and compliance. Kamma...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Council-imposed fines on letting agents and landlords that fall foul of licensing regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is calling on the government to properly fund local authorities so they can combat rogue operators in the private...
08 October 2021
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A new survey has revealed that just 11% of people think Michael Gove, who was announced as the new Housing Secretary...
22 September 2021
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A landlord and the property company of which he is director have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £17,000...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News

An analysis of the Mayor of London’s Rogue Landlord and Letting Agent Checker shows that since it was introduced in 2018...
05 August 2021
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A controversial lettings agent who has set up a business to sell rental insurance has accused landlords of not taking their...
19 July 2021
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Bury council in Greater Manchester has adopted new measures to fine agents or landlords up to £30,000 if their properties fail...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The local media in Manchester have published photographs of a property operated by a lettings agency was found to have multiple...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The online lettings platform Mashroom has set out a list of guidelines it’s offering to prospective tenants to avoid them falling...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...
06 April 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 council says it’s looking for lettings agencies that worked with a rogue landlord who's been issued with a four year banning order. Bristol...
03 March 2021
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A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...
17 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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Lambeth council is consulting agents, landlords and others on its latest licensing proposals for Houses in Multiple Occupation. The new proposals would...
19 January 2021
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A lettings firm has been ordered to pay over £18,000 after failing to provide adequate living conditions for his tenants. Chelmsford magistrates...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A Liberal Democrat Baroness says she is to make a last-ditch bid in the House of Lords tomorrow to stop evictions...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

West Midlands Police have revealed that a major drugs racket being run by a rogue landlord from his properties in Coventry...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Two landlords have been served with civil penalty notices for operating unlicensed HMOs. The notices were from Wellingborough council; one was for...
09 September 2020
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A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...
04 September 2020
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A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...
27 August 2020
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A landlord taken to court by a council has ended up with a bill in excess of £20,000. Dennis Goodwin of Highbury...
21 August 2020
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The author of a book described as being about “insecure renters haemorrhaging cash” has used her newspaper column to make a...
19 August 2020
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Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...
05 August 2020
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A Liberal Democrat bid is underway to accelerate the government timetable to scrap Section 21. The Renters’ Rights Bill put forward by government...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...
14 July 2020
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The council in Liverpool is likely to propose a scaled-back private rental licensing scheme after its original suggestion was rejected by...
13 July 2020
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The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to...
30 June 2020
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Two Bristol landlords have been ordered to repay nearly £5,000 following investigations by the council’s so called rogue landlord unit. One, Lucy...
24 June 2020
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A westcountry landlord is only the second in England to have received a banning order preventing him from letting or managing...
18 June 2020
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Rent to the value of £10,982.25 is to be returned to tenants by a landlord who was operating without a licence. Mrs...
05 June 2020
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Government advice to local authorities to sit tight with new licensing proposals during the Coronavirus pandemic appears to have been ignored...
27 May 2020
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A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and failing to have landlord’s gas safety checks...
18 March 2020
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12 March 2020
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A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Pressure group Generation Rent claims half of London’s councils did not fine any landlords for letting out unsafe homes in the...
06 March 2020
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The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...
03 March 2020
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A landlord has been ordered to pay back no less than £190,000 - equivalent to nine years’ rent - after he...
27 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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A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...
27 February 2020
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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
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The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...
14 February 2020
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The government’s hugely-publicised database for rogue letting agents and landlords has been running for almost two years and has…wait for it…just...
07 February 2020
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A London Labour council wants to introduce rent controls to its borough. The South London Press reports that Lambeth councillors have voted through...
06 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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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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Councils that have been awarded additional cash injections by government could use their windfalls to enhance their enforcement of the private...
20 January 2020
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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
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The Labour party has mocked the government’s £4m new funding for councils to combat rogue agents and landlords as “puny.” A statement...
06 January 2020
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and The Guild of Property Professionals have both given their backing to the government’s latest...
06 January 2020
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The government has announced an additional £4m in funding for local councils to combat rogue agents and landlords - but it’s...
03 January 2020
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No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...
27 December 2019
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A rogue landlord has been fined £1,384 for failing to get a council licence for two buy to let properties. The case...
27 December 2019
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A rogue landlord has been found guilty of unlawful harassment and misleading and aggressive practices, and will be sentenced next month. Ragoopathy...
24 December 2019
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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 prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...
10 December 2019
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A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...
10 December 2019
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[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
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A rogue landlord has been fined more than £150,000 after failing to rectify safety hazards in a property he let. Latif Rehman...
02 December 2019
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The owner of two properties has been fined £35,000 for breaches of the selective licensiing regime in his local area. At a...
02 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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You don’t need to go far for news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to proposed...
27 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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Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A local council claims it has received over 500 complaints from private rental tenants since the start of April - approaching...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The safeagent accreditation scheme says the next government should not scrap landlord licensing as some trade groups have requested, but should...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has given an extra £3.8m to councils to come up with ways of catching rogue landlords - and in...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new piece of legislation has been invoked to ban a landlord from any involvement in the private rental sector for...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The owner of a house believed to be occupied by multiple tenants has been prosecuted by a Kent council for failing...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
28 October 2019
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A seaside council has issued over £15,000 in fines to owners of unlicensed HMOs. Torbay council in south Devon adds that “a...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Former QPR and Nottingham Forest striker Dexter Blackstock has been fined over £25,000 and branded a rogue landlord after admitting 12 licencing offences. He...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Government plans to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions may backfire and not improve tenants’ security at all. That’s the warning from Osbornes...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined almost £2,500 for breaching an improvement notice issued by Cambridge City Council. Noelle Salameh was fined after...
09 October 2019
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The government has this week published a learning toolkit for local authorities to help them with enforcement against rogue landlords and...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A Shropshire man has become the first in England to be banned from being a landlord. In a case brought by Telford...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents wants agents and tenants to have access to the government’s high profile but so far...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 after he was found to be illegally letting his property out to 11...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Birmingham council has issued its first civil penalty against a House in Multiple Occupation landlord - and it says that move...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A council has used a drone with a thermal imaging camera to identify illegal ‘sheds’ where tenants are being rented beds...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A joint operation between Avon and Somerset Police and North Somerset council has uncovered a string of issues connected with rental...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...
19 August 2019
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A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who housed more than 25 tenants in a rundown property has been found guilty of serious housing and...
02 August 2019
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A buy to let investor has been fined almost £5,000 after admitting overcrowding. Matteo Mariano, from Gedling in Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty at...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it fears the government needs to do more to prevent the possibility of banned...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a sceptical response to news leaked from government over the weekend suggesting that a database of rogue landlords would...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord in Chesterfield has received a hefty fine for a second time after the council took her to court...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

In the past 18 months more than 200 landlords from across Scotland have been found to be in breach of a...
12 July 2019
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A managing agent has been convicted by a local council for failing to properly license his property. Leon Hill, of Leighton Buzzard,...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £60,000 after - in the words of the council - “being found...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

An activists’s group which in the past has held protests immediately outside letting agents’ offices is appealing for £10,000 to develop...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who let out an unsafe and unlicensed property in London has now been hit with a...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A group of activists has expressed outrage over a council’s private rental licensing scheme, claiming it is too small to catch...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Local authority officers have found three tenants living inside a shed in the garden of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Brent,...
20 June 2019
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A landlord who illegally converted a London home into two flats without planning permission has been given a prison sentence after...
20 June 2019
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A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry...
12 June 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
From: Breaking News

A London council has won one of the largest-ever Proceeds of Crime claims from an unscrupulous buy to let investor. Andre Charles Trepel,...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech start-up that claims to make student house-hunting easier is offering free listings to lettings agents with London properties. Polygon...
02 May 2019
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Two rogue landlords have been convicted of failing to comply with a Prohibition Order on the rental property they owned. Sandeep Jarjapu...
01 May 2019
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A husband and wife must pay joint fines, penalties and costs totalling over £8,000 after complaints about a bungalow they owned...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A Freedom of Information request by The Guardian newspaper has produced the startling admission from government that not even one landlord...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has received a hefty fine “for endangering the lives of his tenants by failing to meet...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has beefed up its support for councils identifying and prosecuting rogue landlords. Yesterday the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...
10 April 2019
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10 April 2019
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Two buy to let investors have been fined thousands of pounds after failing to carry out improvements to unfit rental properties. Adur...
05 April 2019
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Figures given through a Parliamentary answer have revealed just how bad councils in England are at policing and enforcement action against...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Two landlords have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for breaching fire safety and over-occupancy licence conditions at their House...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been convicted of three offences relating to his failure to comply with fire safety requirements in a privately...
11 March 2019
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A buy to let investor has been landed with a fine and costs of over £20,000 because he failed to apply...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News

New figures from a leading trade body suggest that councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are...
28 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Just when you thought there could not be any more rival licensing or accreditation systems in the private rental sector, a...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord who left his tenant homeless after changing the locks while he was on holiday has been hit with a...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who converted three family homes to HMOs without securing planning permission has been jailed for falsifying...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £5,000 in fines and costs in a licensing dispute with a local council. Almas...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Hounslow council wants its additional licensing scheme for HMOs - due to expire in May 2019 - to be extended for...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A Trading Standards team has prosecuted a landlord who allegedly 'knew' criminal activity was taking place in his buy to let...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...
25 January 2019
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A council accused of paying over £500,000 to a landlord it had already ruled as unfit to rent out property is...
22 January 2019
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A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...
22 January 2019
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More than 50 councils across the country will share nearly £2.4m of extra government funding to crack down on rogue landlords. Among...
15 January 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
From: Breaking News

A council has prosecuted a buy to let investor for not making necessary improvements to his property. The landlord, Balwinder Singh Chandi,...
14 January 2019
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The Daily Mail has reported on a massive buy to let fiddle which involved a £10.8m property empire, rents totalling £500,000...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...
04 January 2019
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A local authority has taken the unusual step of issuing a celebratory press release stating that it issued penalty notices adding...
31 December 2018
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A buy to let investor has been fined more than £5,000 and ordered to pay a further £4,000 after HMO offences. John...
21 December 2018
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The owner of a buy to let property already shut by police has been fined by a court in Devon. In June...
18 December 2018
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Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...
18 December 2018
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A local authority claims that a court decision may set a legal precedent for other councils across the UK using the...
17 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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A couple from east London who illegally converted a town centre office block into 14 flats have been ordered to pay...
10 December 2018
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A notorious rogue landlord must pay £1.5m or risk spending up to nine years in prison after what is thought to...
06 December 2018
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Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...
05 December 2018
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The head of a lettings agency has launched a petition in opposition to a bid by a local council to extend...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Nottingham council - which recently introduced one of the largest and most controversial selective licensing schemes in the country - now...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been forced to close down two rat infested homes he owns in Rotherham after they...
22 November 2018
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A landlord is almost £42,000 worse off after repeatedly ignoring council orders to stop illegally letting so called “beds in sheds”...
22 November 2018
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Luton landlord Mervyn Kupshik has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 to the Local council - and if he doesn’t do...
19 November 2018
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A lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...
09 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Local authorities across the UK are to get another £2m to crack down on rogue operators in the buy to let...
08 November 2018
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A council in the north of England has issued its first-ever Civil Penalty Notice on a landlord - and it involved...
07 November 2018
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The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...
06 November 2018
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The Labour MP who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in the House of Commons is pressing the government...
06 November 2018
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Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A landlord had been ordered to give back almost £4,000 that was paid to him while operating without a licence. The case...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector. Between...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Guardian says the government is committed to making a datebase of rogue letting agents and landlords available to tenants. The newspaper quotes...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay £452 after he breached the terms of his licence in an area of County...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been hit with more than £5,500 of fines and costs after he allowed a family with three young...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord who rented out an unlicenced HMO has been fined more than £22,000 after the local council found five people...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The landlord of an HMO who subjected his tenants to insanitary and unsafe living conditions has been told he will no...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The policy director of the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on local councils to use the 'extensive powers' they have...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News

An Essex council claims it is one of the first to be granted a rent repayment order - part of legislation...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A London local authority is looking for the landlord of a bungalow which had two bedrooms but was home to 15...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A local authority has taken the unusual step of naming seven buy to let landlords prosecuted in the past month in...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Negative media portrayals of the buy to let sector could help to tip Britain into a housing crisis, claims an online...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been fined £1,750 because of his alleged “aggressive practices”. Shafaqat Ali Sadiq, of Derby, has been...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A London council has agreed to a TV crew taking part in a raid on an overcrowded and unlicensed HMO. The surprise...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News

More big fines have been handed out in recent legal action regarding buy to let investors who have not stuck by...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Which?, the consumer body that appears to be taking an increasingly-aggressive line against letting agents and landlords, has now issued a...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News

From August 1 Nottingham council is introducing a new selective licensing regime covering an estimated 32,000 privately rented homes. This is an...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A tenant who was ripping off other tenants in an overcrowded bungalow "death trap" has been fined tens of thousands of...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Councillors in Stockton-on-Tees are under pressure to rethink plans to introduce Selective Licensing of private rented housing in two areas of...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A gas safety engineer has pleaded guilty with a landlord of falsifying gas safety certificates for a string of private rental...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A respected property lawyer says she wants a change in the law to prevent unscrupulous landlords from offering accommodation in return for sex. Liz...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company chief is backing the controversial idea of spot checks on private rental sector properties in a bid to...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A students’ union is the latest body to partner a review platform allowing renters to give their verdict on dealing with...
28 June 2018
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Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...
26 June 2018
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A landlord has been prosecuted for failing to comply with Improvement Notices on her property and failing to licence her house...
26 June 2018
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A head tenant who changed the locks on a property that was illegally sublet to no fewer than 35 men has...
22 June 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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A council leader in London, so outraged after a bust of a rogue lettings property, has asked: “What kind of monster...
08 June 2018
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Renee Wells, on behalf of Just Landlords, has compiled a list of what letting agents can do to ensure that tenants...
05 June 2018
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A council tax fraud totaling over £2,800 across three properties and over six years has resulted in the buy to let...
05 June 2018
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This week marks a major milestone in Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's efforts to crack down on the capital's rogue letting...
23 May 2018
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Spicerhaart says that with the lettings agency industry under attack there is a danger of some within the sector focussing too...
16 May 2018
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A local authority has described a lettings property as “a real House of Horrors that put the health and safety of...
10 May 2018
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A lettings agency has been fined over £20,000 for failing to licence an overcrowded semi detached house in London. The fine was...
08 May 2018
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A buy to let investor faces a fine of £7,000 plus costs and a victim surcharge for failing to upgrade his...
03 May 2018
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The government has been told is should simply adopt some Labour rental policies or risk losing the next General Election -...
24 April 2018
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A buy to let investor has been found guilty of 35 HMO-related offences - and has to pay a total fine...
23 April 2018
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A TV show on Channel 5 this evening may well serve as a warning to letting agents about the dangers of...
19 April 2018
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Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...
16 April 2018
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West Midlands Police and Birmingham council teamed up to investigate a property in the city which was riddled with health and...
11 April 2018
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A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...
09 April 2018
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A rogue lettings agency which is no longer trading is to be featured in a TV documentary this evening on Channel...
05 April 2018
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ARLA has branded the government’s long-awaited database of rogue landlords as “pointless” because it will not be made public. The Ministry of...
05 April 2018
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A property management company which ignored a series of housing safety regulations and flouted laws designed to protect tenants’ rights has...
03 April 2018
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A Brighton and Hove lettings agent has been fined more than £3,000 for allowing two properties that he owned himself to...
29 March 2018
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Two landlords have been hit with hefty court fines for failing to comply with a local licensing scheme. The pair are the...
21 March 2018
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A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...
15 March 2018
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The head of a major PropTech company serving the lettings sector says he want to see the introduction of a database...
22 February 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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A rogue landlord has been fined twice in the space of two months for failing to provide a suitable standard of...
19 February 2018
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Crooked landlords and letting agents were convicted of stealing £1,162,037 of tenant’s cash in 2017 – a rise of 14 per...
16 February 2018
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Two buy to let investors have been fined a total of more than £27,000 under enforcement powers introduced in Burnley to...
16 February 2018
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This is a rare story: a council has dropped a plan for a lettings licensing scheme as a result of 900...
13 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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A council says it hopes a massive set of fines and costs imposed on one buy to let investor and his...
07 February 2018
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A London council has been the first in the country to use the Proceeds of Crime Act for a breach in...
02 February 2018
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A TV news programme has exposed how a sleazy male landlord - who presumably did not instruct a letting agent -...
01 February 2018
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Two landlords and two tenants were fined a total of over £11,000 after losing their appeal against housing convictions concerning property...
30 January 2018
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Romans has thrown its weight behind the banning orders being introduced in April which could see rogue letting agents and landlords...
26 January 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and other trade bodies have not yet responded to the government’s announcement over the holiday...
02 January 2018
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The government has released more details on long-discussed proposals to tighten up licensing in the private rental sector. It wants landlords in...
28 December 2017
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A buy to let property owner has received a four month prison sentence for letting out a property he had already...
22 December 2017
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The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...
21 December 2017
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The first London boroughs are now rolling out the Greater London Authority’s ‘Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker’ - allowing tenants to...
20 December 2017
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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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Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...
14 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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The landlord of an HMO has been fined £3,300 for failures to meet his obligations, particularly regarding fire safety. At Northampton magistrates...
13 December 2017
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A buy to let investor who a judge said “cut corners” and exposed his tenants to “significant risk” has been ordered...
08 December 2017
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A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...
04 December 2017
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The Conveyancing Association has made a wide-ranging response to the government’s call for evidence on the regulation of letting and managing...
04 December 2017
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A buy to let investor who failed to purchase a £542 licence for his HMO has been ordered to pay almost...
28 November 2017
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The National Landlords Association reports that Bournemouth council has taken the unusual step of rejecting a proposal to introduce a landlord licensing...
10 November 2017
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A buy to let investor has been fined over £12,000 for illegally renting out a basement underneath an outbuilding at his...
08 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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A local authority has prosecuted a landlord for illegally evicting a tenant. Tendring district council prosecuted Lisa Bottone of Chelmsford who admitted...
25 October 2017
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A lettings agency chief who monitors legal action against rogue agencies and landlords says almost £850,000 of deposits have been stolen...
20 October 2017
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The Secretary of State for Wales has called on the Welsh Government to take measures against what he calls “unjust fees...
19 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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The powerful and all-party Communities & Local Government Select Committee of MPs has launched a new enquiry into improving the quality...
13 October 2017
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PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...
11 October 2017
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The National Landlords’ Association says the extra £2 billion in funding made available by the government for additional affordable housing may...
05 October 2017
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A property company and a landlord have been fined over £200,000 after being accused of putting tenants’ lives in danger by...
03 October 2017
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A buy to let investor reported to be receiving rental income of £150,000 a year must pay over £340,000 after illegally...
02 October 2017
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A dawn raid on a home in north London has discovered 35 men bedding down on mattresses in every room except...
21 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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A buy to let investor who kept 24 adults and children in what a local council calls “appalling conditions” has a...
12 September 2017
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A landlord from Cornwall has been fined after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental properties in Launceston. Truro Crown Court...
11 September 2017
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A landlord who was found guilty of illegally converting a hotel into 26 flats has been given three months to pay...
06 September 2017
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A rogue landlord in Corby has been ordered to pay over £20,000 and sign up to a Criminal Behaviour Order which...
29 August 2017
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A London council is using dawn raids in its clampdown on illegal subletting and on so-called ‘beds in sheds’ where tenants...
17 August 2017
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A man who illegally housed tenants inside his converted garage has been ordered to pay £173,141 by a court. Amir Golesorkhi turned...
01 August 2017
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Council officers discovered men living mattress to mattress inside a run-down flat above a commercial premises during a dawn raid. Police and...
24 July 2017
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A landlord has been fined over £15,000 after failing to maintain gas appliances at the domestic property in Haverfordwest. Llanelli Magistrates’ Court...
24 July 2017
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A buy to let investor who ignored the controversial Rent Smart Wales scheme faces a bill of more than £3,500 for...
17 July 2017
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The head of a property management company is calling on the government to introduce a tenants' register which would help rogue...
26 June 2017
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A Newport landlord has been fined £4,400 for operating a dangerous, unlicensed house in multiple occupation and failing to comply with...
01 June 2017
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A family of rogue landlords who crammed 31 tenants into a 'Slumdog Millionaire'-style shanty home have this month been found guilty...
25 May 2017
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The London council of Newham is thought to be the first local authority in the UK to use new powers to...
24 May 2017
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The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...
18 May 2017
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A private landlord in Saffron Walden has been fined for letting what the local council describes as “poor and potentially dangerous...
11 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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The Conservatives should introduce rent controls to kick-start a seaside town renaissance, suggests an organisation set up originally by the David Cameron...
03 May 2017
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The landlord of a west London property, described by a judge as a "deathtrap" and an "accident waiting to happen", has...
03 May 2017
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A landlord who exposed tenants to “miserable” living conditions because of fire safety hazards has been prosecuted by a local authority. The...
02 May 2017
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The National Approved Lettings Scheme has called for the London Mayor’s new rogue agents’ database to be extended to include those...
28 April 2017
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Letting agents who have broken the law are set to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,...
27 April 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association has broken ranks with the Association of Residential Letting Agents by opposing an ARLA-backed public database of...
27 April 2017
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A trade body has suggested that the General Election on June 8 may lead to a government with new priorities, meaning...
25 April 2017
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Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...
25 April 2017
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An east London landlord, who was also director of a letting agency, has been forced to pay out over £235,000 for...
21 April 2017
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A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £17,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty at St Albans Magistrates'...
19 April 2017
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A landlord of a shared house in Hove, near Brighton, has been found to be ‘putting people’s lives at risk’ and ordered to pay...
18 April 2017
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A body representing 370 councils in England and Wales wants the government to close a legal loophole which allows the conversion...
12 April 2017
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The government has issued a new statement saying unequivocally that letting agents’ fees on tenants will be banned in England -...
07 April 2017
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A landlord who illegally converted a property into seven flats and rented them out without planning permission faces having to repay...
03 April 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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A landlord who admitted threatening violence against a tenant who left the property he was renting has been given a substantial...
16 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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An advice website claims that more than half of the privately rented properties in the selective licensing area imposed by a...
03 March 2017
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A rogue landlord found guilty of waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally...
27 February 2017
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A council’s first case for non-compliance with its landlord licensing regime has seen one individual plead guilty to 12 offences -...
27 February 2017
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A buy to let landlord who converted an Uxbridge house into two flats without planning permission has been ordered to pay...
20 February 2017
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A trade body has backed government plans to introduce so-called ‘banning orders’ for rogue letting agents and landlords, but it says...
17 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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The government has announced in its Housing White Paper that it is still “working with industry experts” to consider whether Client...
08 February 2017
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A senior Labour politician in a London borough has branded so-called ‘rip off landlords’ as “the scourge of London.” Councillor Laila Butt,...
03 February 2017
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A landlord and letting agency have been fined more than £26,000 after being found guilty of housing offences at two properties...
30 January 2017
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A Prohibition Order has been served on the owner of a flat being let to an elderly couple - one of...
20 January 2017
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A landlord has been prosecuted and fined for failure to comply with two Improvement Notices “resulting in a catalogue of health...
19 January 2017
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One of London’s leading politicians has created guidelines to help individuals ‘secret shop’ in a bid to expose what she claims...
03 January 2017
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A leading personal finance journalist - and a former editor of Landlord Today - has used the columns of right wing...
03 January 2017
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It hasn’t been a happy Christmas for one London landlord, who has been told to repay £40,000 in rent received in...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Sheffield council claims it receives 2,000 complaints relating to private rental sector conditions each year - and in one month it...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association has rejected a central plank of London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan for housing - the introduction of yet more...
23 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been given a conditional discharge and a four-figure bill after being found guilty of unlawfully evicting a tenant. Cornwall...
20 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The landlord of a property risked the lives of his tenants and their young family by not undertaking annual safety checks...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...
14 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A council believes that a landlord was “putting tenants’ lives in danger” because he did not have local authority licenses for...
08 December 2016
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A private landlord has been fined by a London magistrates court for poor and potentially dangerous housing conditions. Monojor Ali was fined...
05 December 2016
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A landlord has been prosecuted and ordered to pay a £12,000 fine as well as over £12,000 in court costs, after...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Unsafe gas appliances have been found in 21 per cent of privately-rented flats and houses according to Gas Safe Register. Investigation data...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been fined £29,200 after being prosecuted for 56 offences in what a local authority describes...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been found guilty of letting a property with "extremely dangerous electrics" as well as no heating and a...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Councils in eight of London's 32 boroughs have failed to prosecute even a single landlord for providing unsafe accommodation during the...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A 71 year old landlord has been fined £5,037.97 at Birmingham Magistrates Court for failing to obtain an HMO licence and...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £4,200 in fines and costs for not having a licence for his...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Age UK says the number of older people renting in the private sector is set to soar in the near future...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Waltham Forest council has enforced an Interim Management Order on a house in its area meaning it will take over day-to-day...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The landlord of an overcrowded flat which lacked proper fire precautions and had a dangerous boiler has been fined £162,000. Abbas Rasul...
17 October 2016
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A Norwich landlord has been prosecuted “for putting lives at risk” according to the local council. Piang Fui Pun has pleaded guilty...
17 October 2016
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A landlord has received a £5,620 court bill after he pleaded guilty to three fly tipping offences. John Hills - who ironically...
07 October 2016
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Two landlords must pay a combined total of over £300,000 following legal action by a central London council. Westminster council claimed that...
05 October 2016
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A landlord guilty of breaching a planning enforcement notice has been ordered to pay £700,000 in fines and costs - the...
04 October 2016
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A London landlord who failed to comply with an Improvement Notice to maintain his property for his tenants has a £4,000-plus...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A pair of landlords have been slapped with a hefty fine for allowing people to live in damp-riddled rooms without fire...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord who endangered the lives of his tenants has been prosecuted and fined for failing to comply with 16 issues...
08 September 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
From: Breaking News

The BBC is claiming that vulnerable families are being exploited by rogue landlords in Glasgow - including in the constituency for...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A private landlord has been jailed after being accused by a judge of "cutting corners" and deliberately putting his "wealth" before...
22 August 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 rogue landlord faces a court bill of almost £40,000 after being caught cramming 24 people into a house in north...
18 August 2016
From: Breaking News

An industry body says agents and landlords who ignore tenants' complaints about damp and mould could be putting their property at...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Failing to provide an energy certificate and not complying with an improvement notice has resulted in a landlord being ordered to...
17 August 2016
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A landlord’s company has been left with a bill of over £14,000 for letting unlicensed flats in north London. Appearing at Highbury...
16 August 2016
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A millionaire landlord who built an illegal outbuilding at his home has been forced to demolish it after pressure from his...
10 August 2016
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Two private landlords have been found guilty of failing to obtain the appropriate licenses for their properties. Jagtar and Jagdish Kandola, who...
08 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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Yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme is being drawn up with the claim that it will improve standards of...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News

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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A landlord has been left with a court bill totalling more than £6,000 after allowing a house in to fall into...
29 July 2016
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Two landlords have received fines totalling £3,000 – and were ordered to pay costs of nearly £2,000 - after failing to...
28 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined £550 after failing to take action from a prohibition order issued by a council. West Lindsey authority...
27 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A damp garage with completely inadequate security, heating, and insulation which was being let as a flat for more than £1,000...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord who waged what a local authority describes as “a war of intimidation” against tenants living in his property has...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord faces a bill of over £9,000 for putting his tenants at risk of harm. Jack Kensell of Folkestone was prosecuted...
12 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Citizens Advice claims that 2,087 people asked it for help after being threatened with what it describes as ‘illegal eviction’ in...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord who illegally converted a house to squeeze 28 tenants into just seven rooms has been handed a £20,000 fine...
07 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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A landlord who rented out a house in multiple occupation has ended up with a £10,000 fine after pleading guilty to failing...
04 July 2016
From: Breaking News

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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Bexley council in south east London says it is going to announce what it describes as a “crackdown” on HMOs next...
29 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agent and his landlord client have been fined thousands of pounds for a number of offences relating to what...
23 June 2016
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An investment company claims government and councils should do more to stamp out so-called rogue landlords who, it says, are giving...
20 June 2016
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A landlord in Milton Keynes has been ordered to pay a total of £24,168.29 for serious breaches of fire safety regulations...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A row has broken out between landlords and the council in Oxford, where the local authority is considering a private rental...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Sheffield council has prosecuted a private landlord for failing to provide safe accommodation - with a bill of over £10,000 to...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News

An industry body is warning new London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan not to think he is helping renters by tying up...
09 June 2016
From: Breaking News

There was a series of raids on HMOs led by a local authority early one morning at the end of last...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been prosecuted for both illegal sub-letting and illegal eviction at the same time - an occurrence which is...
26 May 2016
From: Breaking News

An Oxfordshire letting agent has been ordered to pay £3,500 and costs of £2,700 for letting a house in multiple occupation...
17 May 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Before new London mayor Sadiq Khan has had his first working day in office, his proposals for a private rental sector...
09 May 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A 24-year-old from Luton has been jailed after being found guilty of six counts of fraud in relation to obtaining properties...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has received a suspended six month prison sentence after he ignored repeated warnings about arranging an annual gas safety...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A leading trade body has called for the Housing and Planning Bill now going through parliament to be widened to include...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The landlord of a property in Plymouth risked the lives of his tenants through a dangerous gas boiler installed in the...
12 April 2016
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A landmark court case heard in the Midlands is believed to be the first to issue a Criminal Behaviour Order on...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A private landlord aged 72 must pay £4,800 after pleading guilty to 11 offences of breaching the Licensing and Management of...
08 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A local council has closed down what it describes as a ‘House of Horrors’ let to a family despite being in...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The 1,000th person has been trained as part of Rent Smart Wales, the compulsory scheme that says it aims to raise...
30 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Two buy to let investors who breached planning regulations by converting a house into seven studio flats have been ordered to...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The demonisation of agents continues with the launch of a web-based application designed to “enable local authorities to take action against rogue...
23 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A London landlord has been given an eight week suspended prison sentence after failing to have a gas boiler in a...
22 March 2016
From: Breaking News

An unauthorised outhouse with a concealed entrance constructed at the back of a residential property in west London - one of...
21 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Haringey Council in North London is the latest local authority to launch its own letting agency for private tenants. Move 51⁰ North...
15 March 2016
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Some 66% of landlords predict more rental sector turbulence in this week's Budget, according to research by property crowdfunding platform The...
14 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Labour’s candidate for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published his manifesto which returns to the party’s recent themes of...
10 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The internet classified listings service Gumtree will meet with the Residential Landlords Association to discuss scams in which fraudsters posing as...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let landlord in Stockton-on-Tees, has been sentenced after illegally uncapping and reconnecting a gas supply. Teeside Magistrates’ Court heard...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham council, one of the most active in chasing up private rental sector issues, has discovered...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has to pay over £16,500 after being found guilty of failing to licence her ex-council flat with the local...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A campaign group which last year held protests outside letting agents’ offices in Bristol is claiming victory in persuading the city’s...
17 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord who has had previous conflicts with his local council has effectively lost control of his 16 private rental properties. William...
17 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The Local Government Association says recent prosecutions show that councils are cracking down on illegal evictions by landlords and their agents...
01 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord who let out dark, damp and overcrowded rooms has been hit with a huge £67,000 fine. Rogue landlord Liakath Ali,...
15 January 2016
From: Breaking News

MPs have given their backing to a government proposal to ban rogue letting agents and landlords who repeatedly break private rental...
13 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A private landlord has been prosecuted after failing to provide gas safety certificates for two rented properties. Harrogate Magistrates’ Court heard that...
11 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Eviction specialist company Landlord Action wants the government to complement its action against rogue letting agents and tenants with a ‘rogue...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The Housing and Planning Bill returns to the House of Commons tomorrow when the remaining stages of the legislation resume after...
04 January 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s not been a happy Christmas for a Leicestershire landlord who has been banned from renting out a converted garage after...
30 December 2015
From: Breaking News

It may be almost Christmas but the government is this week unveiling new laws to combat what it sees as the...