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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...

Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...

West Midlands Police and Birmingham council teamed up to investigate a property in the city which was riddled with health and...

A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...

A rogue lettings agency which is no longer trading is to be featured in a TV documentary this evening on Channel...

ARLA has branded the government’s long-awaited database of rogue landlords as “pointless” because it will not be made public. The Ministry of...

A property management company which ignored a series of housing safety regulations and flouted laws designed to protect tenants’ rights has...

A Brighton and Hove lettings agent has been fined more than £3,000 for allowing two properties that he owned himself to...

Two landlords have been hit with hefty court fines for failing to comply with a local licensing scheme. The pair are the...

A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...

The head of a major PropTech company serving the lettings sector says he want to see the introduction of a database...

Brent Council has confirmed that the government has approved its request to extend the local selective licensing scheme. The local authority, which...

A rogue landlord has been fined twice in the space of two months for failing to provide a suitable standard of...

Crooked landlords and letting agents were convicted of stealing £1,162,037 of tenant’s cash in 2017 – a rise of 14 per...

Two buy to let investors have been fined a total of more than £27,000 under enforcement powers introduced in Burnley to...

This is a rare story: a council has dropped a plan for a lettings licensing scheme as a result of 900...

A London council is marking 125 successful prosecutions against agents, landlords and sub-letting tenants since 2016. The authority, Brent, says the convictions...

A council says it hopes a massive set of fines and costs imposed on one buy to let investor and his...

A London council has been the first in the country to use the Proceeds of Crime Act for a breach in...

A TV news programme has exposed how a sleazy male landlord - who presumably did not instruct a letting agent -...

Two landlords and two tenants were fined a total of over £11,000 after losing their appeal against housing convictions concerning property...

Romans has thrown its weight behind the banning orders being introduced in April which could see rogue letting agents and landlords...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and other trade bodies have not yet responded to the government’s announcement over the holiday...

The government has released more details on long-discussed proposals to tighten up licensing in the private rental sector. It wants landlords in...

A buy to let property owner has received a four month prison sentence for letting out a property he had already...

The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...

The first London boroughs are now rolling out the Greater London Authority’s ‘Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker’ - allowing tenants to...

There has been another prosecution under the controversial Rent Smart Wales regulations - although this time the landlord in question was...

Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...

The director of a property management firm has been found guilty of nine offences of breaching regulations relating to a house...

The landlord of an HMO has been fined £3,300 for failures to meet his obligations, particularly regarding fire safety. At Northampton magistrates...

A buy to let investor who a judge said “cut corners” and exposed his tenants to “significant risk” has been ordered...

A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...

The Conveyancing Association has made a wide-ranging response to the government’s call for evidence on the regulation of letting and managing...

A buy to let investor who failed to purchase a £542 licence for his HMO has been ordered to pay almost...

The National Landlords Association reports that Bournemouth council has taken the unusual step of rejecting a proposal to introduce a landlord licensing...

A buy to let investor has been fined over £12,000 for illegally renting out a basement underneath an outbuilding at his...

Almost 60 per cent of councils across Britain have not prosecuted any landlord for any offence in the past year according...

A local authority has prosecuted a landlord for illegally evicting a tenant. Tendring district council prosecuted Lisa Bottone of Chelmsford who admitted...

A lettings agency chief who monitors legal action against rogue agencies and landlords says almost £850,000 of deposits have been stolen...

The Secretary of State for Wales has called on the Welsh Government to take measures against what he calls “unjust fees...

Four landlords have been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling £232,155.68 in the first prosecutions of its kind brought by...

The powerful and all-party Communities & Local Government Select Committee of MPs has launched a new enquiry into improving the quality...

PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...

The National Landlords’ Association says the extra £2 billion in funding made available by the government for additional affordable housing may...

A property company and a landlord have been fined over £200,000 after being accused of putting tenants’ lives in danger by...

A buy to let investor reported to be receiving rental income of £150,000 a year must pay over £340,000 after illegally...

A dawn raid on a home in north London has discovered 35 men bedding down on mattresses in every room except...

A Scarborough buy to let investor has been found guilty of two offences under the Housing Act 2004 for non-compliance with...

A buy to let investor who kept 24 adults and children in what a local council calls “appalling conditions” has a...

A landlord from Cornwall has been fined after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental properties in Launceston.   Truro Crown Court...

A landlord who was found guilty of illegally converting a hotel into 26 flats has been given three months to pay...

A rogue landlord in Corby has been ordered to pay over £20,000 and sign up to a Criminal Behaviour Order which...

A London council is using dawn raids in its clampdown on illegal subletting and on so-called ‘beds in sheds’ where tenants...

A man who illegally housed tenants inside his converted garage has been ordered to pay £173,141 by a court.   Amir Golesorkhi turned...

Council officers discovered men living mattress to mattress inside a run-down flat above a commercial premises during a dawn raid.   Police and...

A landlord has been fined over £15,000 after failing to maintain gas appliances at the domestic property in Haverfordwest.   Llanelli Magistrates’ Court...

A buy to let investor who ignored the controversial Rent Smart Wales scheme faces a bill of more than £3,500 for...

The head of a property management company is calling on the government to introduce a tenants' register which would help rogue...

A Newport landlord has been fined £4,400 for operating a dangerous, unlicensed house in multiple occupation and failing to comply with...

A family of rogue landlords who crammed 31 tenants into a 'Slumdog Millionaire'-style shanty home have this month been found guilty...

The London council of Newham is thought to be the first local authority in the UK to use new powers to...

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...

A private landlord in Saffron Walden has been fined for letting what the local council describes as “poor and potentially dangerous...

A north London landlord who housed a family of five, including three children, in a cramped attic has been prosecuted by...

A buy to let expert says there should be stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector. In a...

A man who rented out rooms above a town centre bar has been banned from being a buy to let landlord...

The Conservatives should introduce rent controls to kick-start a seaside town renaissance, suggests an organisation set up originally by the David Cameron...

The landlord of a west London property, described by a judge as a "deathtrap" and an "accident waiting to happen", has...

A landlord who exposed tenants to “miserable” living conditions because of fire safety hazards has been prosecuted by a local authority.    The...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has called for the London Mayor’s new rogue agents’ database to be extended to include those...

Letting agents who have broken the law are set to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,...

The Residential Landlords Association has broken ranks with the Association of Residential Letting Agents by opposing an ARLA-backed public database of...

A trade body has suggested that the General Election on June 8 may lead to a government with new priorities, meaning...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...

An east London landlord, who was also director of a letting agency, has been forced to pay out over £235,000 for...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £17,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty at St Albans Magistrates'...

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...

A body representing 370 councils in England and Wales wants the government to close a legal loophole which allows the conversion...

The government has issued a new statement saying unequivocally that letting agents’ fees on tenants will be banned in England -...

A landlord who illegally converted a property into seven flats and rented them out without planning permission faces having to repay...

A private landlord in Sheffield has been prosecuted for harassing a tenant and failing to manage his property adequately.   Nilendu Das was...

A landlord who admitted threatening violence against a tenant who left the property he was renting has been given a substantial...

The landlord of an HMO above a Chinese takeway in Cornwall has been fined for failing to comply with the requirements...

An advice website claims that more than half of the privately rented properties in the selective licensing area imposed by a...

A rogue landlord found guilty of waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally...

A council’s first case for non-compliance with its landlord licensing regime has seen one individual plead guilty to 12 offences -...

A buy to let landlord who converted an Uxbridge house into two flats without planning permission has been ordered to pay...

A trade body has backed government plans to introduce so-called ‘banning orders’ for rogue letting agents and landlords, but it says...

A series of prosecutions of rogue landlords by a London council has also seen a so-called ‘property manager’ fined a four-figure...

The government has announced in its Housing White Paper that it is still “working with industry experts” to consider whether Client...

A senior Labour politician in a London borough has branded so-called ‘rip off landlords’ as “the scourge of London.”   Councillor Laila Butt,...

A landlord and letting agency have been fined more than £26,000 after being found guilty of housing offences at two properties...

A Prohibition Order has been served on the owner of a flat being let to an elderly couple - one of...

A landlord has been prosecuted and fined for failure to comply with two Improvement Notices “resulting in a catalogue of health...

One of London’s leading politicians has created guidelines to help individuals ‘secret shop’ in a bid to expose what she claims...

A leading personal finance journalist - and a former editor of Landlord Today - has used the columns of right wing...

It hasn’t been a happy Christmas for one London landlord, who has been told to repay £40,000 in rent received in...

Sheffield council claims it receives 2,000 complaints relating to private rental sector conditions each year - and in one month it...

The National Landlords Association has rejected a central plank of London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan for housing - the introduction of yet more...

A landlord has been given a conditional discharge and a four-figure bill after being found guilty of unlawfully evicting a tenant.   Cornwall...

The landlord of a property risked the lives of his tenants and their young family by not undertaking annual safety checks...

The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...

A council believes that a landlord was “putting tenants’ lives in danger” because he did not have local authority licenses for...

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

A landlord has been prosecuted and ordered to pay a £12,000 fine as well as over £12,000 in court costs, after...

Unsafe gas appliances have been found in 21 per cent of privately-rented flats and houses according to Gas Safe Register.   Investigation data...

A buy to let investor has been fined £29,200 after being prosecuted for 56 offences in what a local authority describes...

A landlord has been found guilty of letting a property with "extremely dangerous electrics" as well as no heating and a...

Councils in eight of London's 32 boroughs have failed to prosecute even a single landlord for providing unsafe accommodation during the...

A 71 year old landlord has been fined £5,037.97 at Birmingham Magistrates Court for failing to obtain an HMO licence and...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £4,200 in fines and costs for not having a licence for his...

Age UK says the number of older people renting in the private sector is set to soar in the near future...

Waltham Forest council has enforced an Interim Management Order on a house in its area meaning it will take over day-to-day...

The landlord of an overcrowded flat which lacked proper fire precautions and had a dangerous boiler has been fined £162,000. Abbas Rasul...

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

A landlord has received a £5,620 court bill after he pleaded guilty to three fly tipping offences. John Hills - who ironically...

Two landlords must pay a combined total of over £300,000 following legal action by a central London council.    Westminster council claimed that...

A landlord guilty of breaching a planning enforcement notice has been ordered to pay £700,000 in fines and costs - the...

A London landlord who failed to comply with an Improvement Notice to maintain his property for his tenants has a £4,000-plus...

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

A landlord who endangered the lives of his tenants has been prosecuted and fined for failing to comply with 16 issues...

A landlord that continually refused to sign up to a council’s selective licensing regime has been found guilty by the courts...

The BBC is claiming that vulnerable families are being exploited by rogue landlords in Glasgow - including in the constituency for...

A private landlord has been jailed after being accused by a judge of "cutting corners" and deliberately putting his "wealth" before...

A landlord has been fined just £440 after he effectively left a tenant homeless.    Warrington Magistrates Court heard that Peter Lamont, the...

A rogue landlord faces a court bill of almost £40,000 after being caught cramming 24 people into a house in north...

An industry body says agents and landlords who ignore tenants' complaints about damp and mould could be putting their property at...

Failing to provide an energy certificate and not complying with an improvement notice has resulted in a landlord being ordered to...

A landlord’s company has been left with a bill of over £14,000 for letting unlicensed flats in north London.   Appearing at Highbury...

A millionaire landlord who built an illegal outbuilding at his home has been forced to demolish it after pressure from his...

Two private landlords have been found guilty of failing to obtain the appropriate licenses for their properties.   Jagtar and Jagdish Kandola, who...

A council has issued a press release to say that a trio of prosecutions on private landlords combine to prove it...

Yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme is being drawn up with the claim that it will improve standards of...

A raid on a house has uncovered appalling conditions including a Slumdog Millionaire-style shanty town shack made from wood offcuts, pallets...

A landlord has been left with a court bill totalling more than £6,000 after allowing a house in to fall into...

Two landlords have received fines totalling £3,000 – and were ordered to pay costs of nearly £2,000 - after failing to...

A landlord has been fined £550 after failing to take action from a prohibition order issued by a council.   West Lindsey authority...

A damp garage with completely inadequate security, heating, and insulation which was being let as a flat for more than £1,000...

A landlord who waged what a local authority describes as “a war of intimidation” against tenants living in his property has...

A landlord faces a bill of over £9,000 for putting his tenants at risk of harm.   Jack Kensell of Folkestone was prosecuted...

Citizens Advice claims that 2,087 people asked it for help after being threatened with what it describes as ‘illegal eviction’ in...

A landlord who illegally converted a house to squeeze 28 tenants into just seven rooms has been handed a £20,000 fine...

There has been yet another prosecution over an unsafe house in multiple occupation.   Syed Masum Ali appeared in Stafford Magistrates Court and...

A landlord who rented out a house in multiple occupation has ended up with a £10,000 fine after pleading guilty to failing...

Burnley Council has brought a series of prosecutions against people responsible for unlicensed rented houses in the borough. The council has introduced...

Bexley council in south east London says it is going to announce what it describes as a “crackdown” on HMOs next...

A letting agent and his landlord client have been fined thousands of pounds for a number of offences relating to what...

An investment company claims government and councils should do more to stamp out so-called rogue landlords who, it says, are giving...

A landlord in Milton Keynes has been ordered to pay a total of £24,168.29 for serious breaches of fire safety regulations...

A row has broken out between landlords and the council in Oxford, where the local authority is considering a private rental...

Sheffield council has prosecuted a private landlord for failing to provide safe accommodation - with a bill of over £10,000 to...

An industry body is warning new London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan not to think he is helping renters by tying up...

There was a series of raids on HMOs led by a local authority early one morning at the end of last...

A landlord has been prosecuted for both illegal sub-letting and illegal eviction at the same time - an occurrence which is...

An Oxfordshire letting agent has been ordered to pay £3,500 and costs of £2,700 for letting a house in multiple occupation...

Havering council has successfully prosecuted a landlord who must now pay £101,300 for building illegal flats at her property. Jaghtar Khaira was...

The owner of a rented property in west London has received a penalty of more than £20,000 having pleaded guilty to...

Before new London mayor Sadiq Khan has had his first working day in office, his proposals for a private rental sector...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has revealed what it calls “worryingly low levels of enforcement of rented housing regulations” by local authorities. Using...

A 24-year-old from Luton has been jailed after being found guilty of six counts of fraud in relation to obtaining properties...

A landlord has received a suspended six month prison sentence after he ignored repeated warnings about arranging an annual gas safety...

A leading trade body has called for the Housing and Planning Bill now going through parliament to be widened to include...

A private landlord has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 after admitting operating in Burnley without a proper licence.  Matthew Hartley...

The landlord of a property in Plymouth risked the lives of his tenants through a dangerous gas boiler installed in the...

A landmark court case heard in the Midlands is believed to be the first to issue a Criminal Behaviour Order on...

A private landlord aged 72 must pay £4,800 after pleading guilty to 11 offences of breaching the Licensing and Management of...

A local council has closed down what it describes as a ‘House of Horrors’ let to a family despite being in...

The 1,000th person has been trained as part of Rent Smart Wales, the compulsory scheme that says it aims to raise...

Two buy to let investors who breached planning regulations by converting a house into seven studio flats have been ordered to...

The demonisation of agents continues with the launch of a web-based application designed to “enable local authorities to take action against rogue...

A London landlord has been given an eight week suspended prison sentence after failing to have a gas boiler in a...

An unauthorised outhouse with a concealed entrance constructed at the back of a residential property in west London - one of...

Haringey Council in North London is the latest local authority to launch its own letting agency for private tenants. Move 51⁰ North...

Some 66% of landlords predict more rental sector turbulence in this week's Budget, according to research by property crowdfunding platform The...

Labour’s candidate for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published his manifesto which returns to the party’s recent themes of...

The internet classified listings service Gumtree will meet with the Residential Landlords Association to discuss scams in which fraudsters posing as...

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

Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham council, one of the most active in chasing up private rental sector issues, has discovered...

A landlord has to pay over £16,500 after being found guilty of failing to licence her ex-council flat with the local...

A campaign group which last year held protests outside letting agents’ offices in Bristol is claiming victory in persuading the city’s...

A landlord who has had previous conflicts with his local council has effectively lost control of his 16 private rental properties. William...

The Local Government Association says recent prosecutions show that councils are cracking down on illegal evictions by landlords and their agents...

Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...

A landlord who let out dark, damp and overcrowded rooms has been hit with a huge £67,000 fine. Rogue landlord Liakath Ali,...

MPs have given their backing to a government proposal to ban rogue letting agents and landlords who repeatedly break private rental...

A private landlord has been prosecuted after failing to provide gas safety certificates for two rented properties.  Harrogate Magistrates’ Court heard that...

Eviction specialist company Landlord Action wants the government to complement its action against rogue letting agents and tenants with a ‘rogue...

The Housing and Planning Bill returns to the House of Commons tomorrow when the remaining stages of the legislation resume after...

It’s not been a happy Christmas for a Leicestershire landlord who has been banned from renting out a converted garage after...

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

Two landlords of HMOs have been prosecuted for failing to license their properties - and now have to pay fines of...

A landlord has been cautioned and has agreed to pay £1,000 compensation to a tenant, and pay £2,000 towards legal costs,...

An organisation representing councils wants a government database covering all housing-related convictions to deter rogue landlords switching from one area to...

The Citizens Advice Bureau consumer charity has stepped up its campaign about poor standards in the private rental sector. It claims private...

A businessman has been jailed for two years for failing to declare and pay tax on income he received from his...

A landlord who did not remedy a string of safety concerns about a property he was letting has been ordered to...

A local council has successfully applied for a landlord without an appropriate HMO licence to repay housing benefit - no less...

SAFEagent is calling on the government to use the passage of the Housing Bill through Parliament to make a Client Money...

A landlord and restaurateur has to pay almost £5,000 after an apartment he was letting out was found to be overcrowded...

A local authority has issued a press release branding a landlord as “unscrupulous” after he was ordered to pay £7,300 in...

A property investment search portal has launched an online petition via the UK Parliament website, calling for a national register of...

Generation Rent, the lobby group which recently narrowly escaped folding because of a lack of financial support, wants the public to...

One council’s attempt to crack down on rogue landlords has been branded a "complete failure" because half of its HMOs are...

A previously-convicted landlord has been ordered to pay over £200,000 by a court for illegally converting two properties into flats without...

A landlord has been fined after a family of five suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at their rented home. North Avon Magistrates’ Court...

The Department of Communities and Local Government has published a summary of the 600 responses it has received to its recent...

A landlord and his letting agent who failed to declare they were operating a series of bedsits at an address in...

The Residential Landlords Association is calling on MPs to support a measure being proposed in the House of Commons that would...

New funding will help up to 65 councils tackle rogue landlords who let out substandard homes including the hated Beds In...

The specialist eviction company Landlord Action says it is in full support of the government’s latest proposal to crack down on...

The government is proposing a national minimum bedroom size and a re-defining of what constitutes a House in Multiple Occupation in...

A rogue landlord who illegally converted one house into a nine flats has been handed a maximum £20,000 fine after being...

A landlord man has been fined more than £20,000 after admitting renting out substandard houses to 30 people without obtaining a...

Two rogue landlords who collected rent from more than 30 tenants in five sub-standard houses all on the same street have...

A council has set up an anti-fraud tool to prevent social housing being illegally sub-let under the pretence of being private...

A rogue landlord has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £3,343 costs as well as a victim surcharge of £120...

There is uproar in Brighton as a result of students being let rooms in an HMO - despite the property’s owners...

Two unauthorised outbuildings occupied by five adults and a child have been demolished by a London council after a landlord failed...

A landlord has a bill of more than £85,000 for unlawfully letting a basement flat. As part of a council planning enforcement...

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

There has been a mixed response from the private rental industry following the announcement that Right To Rent checks will become mandatory...

A landlord has been fined a meagre £265 after a defective gas appliance was found to be in operation at his...

A landlord has admitted letting sub-standard HMOs to 30 people without being registered with his local authority. Plymouth landlord John Mayer pleaded...

An Oxford landlord has been convicted of unlawfully evicting a tenant after “a campaign of sustained harassment”. Riasat Ali was ordered to...

A senior Conservative MP is urging the government to give councils the power to issue rogue landlords with on-the-spot fines. Oliver Colville,...

It’s been a bad weekend for the image of the private rental sector with a series of reports and press stories...

Labour MP Karen Buck want private tenants to be able to sue their landlords if they rent in what are considered...

The PRS, one of three authorised redress schemes, is backing a ‘Fair Lettings’ campaign being introduced by Camden council in London. It...

The Associational of Residential Letting Agents has spoken up in favour of most of the provisions in the new Housing and...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £400,000 after converting a property into flats without permission. Gilbert Garrick let the...

The landlord of a rental property in Harrogate has been fined over £8,200 after pleading guilty to two offences under the Regulatory...

Eviction specialists at Landlord Action are raising concerns as to whether there are sufficient resources, especially at local council level, to...

An opinion poll's findings, released to back up a call for tougher controls in the private rental sector, suggests 71 per...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 after failing to licence a house in multiple occupation in the...

A body representing over 370 local councils in England and Wales wants more powers to control the private rental sector, letting...

A landlord who rented out a property with no hot water and poor heating, leading to a council having to rehouse...

A landlord has been ordered to pay a total of £8,680 after failing to comply with formal council notices to improve...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has made it clear that Build To Let - the investment by institutions to build and then...

A landlord whose Home in Multiple Occupation was closed down by the local council has been left with a court bill...

A letting agency has been ordered to pay more than £12,000 in fines and court costs after being convicted of seven...

New student tenants have been urged to be vigilent and not fall victim to fake online letting agents and landlords. The National...

The landlord of a house in multiple occupation is the latest to be prosecuted by a council for failing to licence...

Campaigning charity Shelter has renewed its attack on the private rental sector, claiming that 125,000 tenants have suffered abusive behaviour from...

A landlord reported to have received £100,000 in housing benefit from tenants in the past year is to repay court fines...

A letting agency has announced its support for new rules which will allow landlords to evict illegal immigrants without a court...

Enforcement officers have swooped on three addresses in east London in the latest bid to clampdown on rogue landlords and so-called...

A lettings agency has issued a warning to tenants to protect themselves following a claim that the city in which it...

The Citizens Advice charity is urging people to lobby for more controls over the private rental sector, letting agents and landlords,...

Students in rented housing are being let down by a small number of bad landlords and a failure by local authorities...

Letting agents and other industry professionals are being consulted ver changes to the sector’s regulation - including possible blacklisting of rogue...

A couple from Cambridgeshire have been fined £10,000 and ordered to hand over in excess of £75,000 after repeatedly renting out...

There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement that agents and landlords face jail if they fail to conduct...

Agents and landlords who fail to identify and evict tenants who are illegal immigrants face up to five years in jail...

The Channel Five series Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords - which ends its first series this evening at 9pm - has been...

A local authority has refused to issue a private landlord licence after it was revealed the applicant had a conviction for...

A landlord has been ordered to pay a fine and costs of £2,925 for unlawfully evicting a tenant from a house...

The publication Environmental Health News has secured the release of files showing the details of hundreds of convicted private landlords in...

A council in an area with one of the country’s largest private lettings sectors says it has launched investigations into more...

A landlord who did not have the required licence for the number of tenants living in his property, and who also...

Yet another council is proposing a licence on properties let out in the private rental sector - this time suggesting one...

A landlord who failed to properly manage a home he rented out has become the first landlord prosecuted under a council’s...

A student landlord has been sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay over £12,400 after pleading guilty to...

I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...

Father and son rogue landlords have been fined for failing to register their property as a house in multiple occupancy. Sabbir and...

A newspaper claims that Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham will this week announce that, should he head the party and eventually...

A landlord has been fined and left with a bill of nearly £6,000 for overcrowding at his property with an illegal...

A Tory MP is today introducing a Bill that will make it much easier for authorities to identify criminal landlords. The measure...

A landlord has been fined £1,000 after leaving his tenant without any hot water. Reading council received a report of a fault...

An amnesty on the licensing of houses in multiple occupation is being held in Barnet in north London following the successful...

The journalism website HoldTheFrontPage says a landlord who tried to sue a weekly newspaper for defamation over its coverage of a...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling for more effective action to find the minority of landlords who are criminals. The Association...

In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...

The National Landlords Association has accused the Citizens Advice report of using “loose definitions to compound a perception that private housing...

The Residential Landlords Association is calling for better enforcement of existing laws and regulations to protect tenants in private rented housing. In...

The Citizens Advice organisation has returned to the attack on the private rental sector, accusing rogue landlords of raking in £5.6...

A landlord has been ordered to pay a fine £1,344.57 after failing to install fixed heating to a property she was...

A landlord described as a professional opera singer has been ordered to pay more than £15,000 for refusing to comply with...

A landlord in Coventry has been handed a £3,350 fine after a house in multiple occupation under his ownership was found...

A landlord who overcrowded his property has had to pay over £4,500 after being prosecuted by his local council.  The property in...

A Conservative government means good news in the shape of a reduction in bureaurcracy for the private rental sector - but...

A private landlord who provided false documents and endangered the lives of his tenants has been ordered to undertake 200 hours’...

A landlady has been fined £160,000 and ordered to pay £40,000 prosecution costs for breaking fire safety laws following a fatal fire...

Property industry figures opposed to Labour plans to impose three year tenancies and rent caps should lobby candidates in a bid...

A landlord who failed to apply for an HMO licence despite being interviewed on the subject under caution has now been...

Labour’s onslaught on the private rental sector continues, with the party now setting out how it will implement its rent controls...

A rogue landlord who rented out a shoddy property in north west London has become the first to be fined under...