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04 April 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
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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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A lettings agent who also runs a tenant complaint insurance service has renewed his attack on landlords and local authorities. Ajay Jagota...
03 December 2021
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One of the local authorities with the tightest clampdowns on letting agents has issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...
19 October 2021
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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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There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...
11 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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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
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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 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 London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...
23 September 2020
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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
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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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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
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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
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The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...
21 November 2019
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A local council claims it has received over 500 complaints from private rental tenants since the start of April - approaching...
19 November 2019
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The safeagent accreditation scheme says the next government should not scrap landlord licensing as some trade groups have requested, but should...
12 November 2019
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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
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The government has given an extra £3.8m to councils to come up with ways of catching rogue landlords - and in...
05 November 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...
17 September 2019
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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
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Birmingham council has issued its first civil penalty against a House in Multiple Occupation landlord - and it says that move...
03 September 2019
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A council has used a drone with a thermal imaging camera to identify illegal ‘sheds’ where tenants are being rented beds...
03 September 2019
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A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...
29 August 2019
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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
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it fears the government needs to do more to prevent the possibility of banned...
23 July 2019
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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
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The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...
12 July 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A Freedom of Information request by The Guardian newspaper has produced the startling admission from government that not even one landlord...
17 April 2019
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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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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
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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
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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
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New figures from a leading trade body suggest that councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are...
28 February 2019
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Just when you thought there could not be any more rival licensing or accreditation systems in the private rental sector, a...
25 February 2019
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Hounslow council wants its additional licensing scheme for HMOs - due to expire in May 2019 - to be extended for...
12 February 2019
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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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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
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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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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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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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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
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A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...
26 November 2018
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Nottingham council - which recently introduced one of the largest and most controversial selective licensing schemes in the country - now...
23 November 2018
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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 lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...
09 November 2018
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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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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
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The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...
30 October 2018
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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
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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
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The Labour-led local authority in Hackney has issued a statement pledging fines or even bans if landlords fail to get appropriate...
27 September 2018
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Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...
26 September 2018
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The policy director of the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on local councils to use the 'extensive powers' they have...
10 September 2018
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A local authority has taken the unusual step of naming seven buy to let landlords prosecuted in the past month in...
09 August 2018
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Negative media portrayals of the buy to let sector could help to tip Britain into a housing crisis, claims an online...
08 August 2018
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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
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More big fines have been handed out in recent legal action regarding buy to let investors who have not stuck by...
02 August 2018
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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
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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
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A tenant who was ripping off other tenants in an overcrowded bungalow "death trap" has been fined tens of thousands of...
23 July 2018
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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
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A gas safety engineer has pleaded guilty with a landlord of falsifying gas safety certificates for a string of private rental...
11 July 2018
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A 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
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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 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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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
From: Breaking News

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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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 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 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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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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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 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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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 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 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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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 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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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
From: Breaking News

An advice website claims that more than half of the privately rented properties in the selective licensing area imposed by a...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News

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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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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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

The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...
14 December 2016
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A council believes that a landlord was “putting tenants’ lives in danger” because he did not have local authority licenses for...
08 December 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
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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

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

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
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

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

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
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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

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

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

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
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
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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

Before new London mayor Sadiq Khan has had his first working day in office, his proposals for a private rental sector...
09 May 2016
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The Residential Landlords’ Association has revealed what it calls “worryingly low levels of enforcement of rented housing regulations” by local authorities. Using...
29 April 2016
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

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

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
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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
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The internet classified listings service Gumtree will meet with the Residential Landlords Association to discuss scams in which fraudsters posing as...
07 March 2016
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Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham council, one of the most active in chasing up private rental sector issues, has discovered...
07 March 2016
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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
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The Local Government Association says recent prosecutions show that councils are cracking down on illegal evictions by landlords and their agents...
01 February 2016
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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
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MPs have given their backing to a government proposal to ban rogue letting agents and landlords who repeatedly break private rental...
13 January 2016
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Eviction specialist company Landlord Action wants the government to complement its action against rogue letting agents and tenants with a ‘rogue...
05 January 2016
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The Housing and Planning Bill returns to the House of Commons tomorrow when the remaining stages of the legislation resume after...
04 January 2016
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It may be almost Christmas but the government is this week unveiling new laws to combat what it sees as the...
21 December 2015
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Two landlords of HMOs have been prosecuted for failing to license their properties - and now have to pay fines of...
16 December 2015
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An organisation representing councils wants a government database covering all housing-related convictions to deter rogue landlords switching from one area to...
14 December 2015
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The Citizens Advice Bureau consumer charity has stepped up its campaign about poor standards in the private rental sector. It claims private...
14 December 2015
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SAFEagent is calling on the government to use the passage of the Housing Bill through Parliament to make a Client Money...
26 November 2015
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A property investment search portal has launched an online petition via the UK Parliament website, calling for a national register of...
23 November 2015
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Generation Rent, the lobby group which recently narrowly escaped folding because of a lack of financial support, wants the public to...
19 November 2015
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One council’s attempt to crack down on rogue landlords has been branded a "complete failure" because half of its HMOs are...
18 November 2015
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The Department of Communities and Local Government has published a summary of the 600 responses it has received to its recent...
16 November 2015
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The Residential Landlords Association is calling on MPs to support a measure being proposed in the House of Commons that would...
13 November 2015
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New funding will help up to 65 councils tackle rogue landlords who let out substandard homes including the hated Beds In...
12 November 2015
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The specialist eviction company Landlord Action says it is in full support of the government’s latest proposal to crack down on...
11 November 2015
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The government is proposing a national minimum bedroom size and a re-defining of what constitutes a House in Multiple Occupation in...
09 November 2015
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Two rogue landlords who collected rent from more than 30 tenants in five sub-standard houses all on the same street have...
05 November 2015
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A council has set up an anti-fraud tool to prevent social housing being illegally sub-let under the pretence of being private...
03 November 2015
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There has been a mixed response from the private rental industry following the announcement that Right To Rent checks will become mandatory...
21 October 2015
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A landlord has admitted letting sub-standard HMOs to 30 people without being registered with his local authority. Plymouth landlord John Mayer pleaded...
21 October 2015
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A senior Conservative MP is urging the government to give councils the power to issue rogue landlords with on-the-spot fines. Oliver Colville,...
20 October 2015
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It’s been a bad weekend for the image of the private rental sector with a series of reports and press stories...
19 October 2015
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Labour MP Karen Buck want private tenants to be able to sue their landlords if they rent in what are considered...
19 October 2015
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The PRS, one of three authorised redress schemes, is backing a ‘Fair Lettings’ campaign being introduced by Camden council in London. It...
19 October 2015
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The Associational of Residential Letting Agents has spoken up in favour of most of the provisions in the new Housing and...
16 October 2015
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Eviction specialists at Landlord Action are raising concerns as to whether there are sufficient resources, especially at local council level, to...
02 October 2015
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An opinion poll's findings, released to back up a call for tougher controls in the private rental sector, suggests 71 per...
24 September 2015
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A body representing over 370 local councils in England and Wales wants more powers to control the private rental sector, letting...
21 September 2015
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Housing minister Brandon Lewis has made it clear that Build To Let - the investment by institutions to build and then...
10 September 2015
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New student tenants have been urged to be vigilent and not fall victim to fake online letting agents and landlords. The National...
04 September 2015
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Campaigning charity Shelter has renewed its attack on the private rental sector, claiming that 125,000 tenants have suffered abusive behaviour from...
03 September 2015
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A letting agency has announced its support for new rules which will allow landlords to evict illegal immigrants without a court...
27 August 2015
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A lettings agency has issued a warning to tenants to protect themselves following a claim that the city in which it...
18 August 2015
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Enforcement officers have swooped on three addresses in east London in the latest bid to clampdown on rogue landlords and so-called...
18 August 2015
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The Citizens Advice charity is urging people to lobby for more controls over the private rental sector, letting agents and landlords,...
17 August 2015
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Letting agents and other industry professionals are being consulted ver changes to the sector’s regulation - including possible blacklisting of rogue...
05 August 2015
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Students in rented housing are being let down by a small number of bad landlords and a failure by local authorities...
05 August 2015
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There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement that agents and landlords face jail if they fail to conduct...
04 August 2015
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A couple from Cambridgeshire have been fined £10,000 and ordered to hand over in excess of £75,000 after repeatedly renting out...
04 August 2015
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Agents and landlords who fail to identify and evict tenants who are illegal immigrants face up to five years in jail...
03 August 2015
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The Channel Five series Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords - which ends its first series this evening at 9pm - has been...
29 July 2015
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The publication Environmental Health News has secured the release of files showing the details of hundreds of convicted private landlords in...
24 July 2015
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A council in an area with one of the country’s largest private lettings sectors says it has launched investigations into more...
23 July 2015
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Yet another council is proposing a licence on properties let out in the private rental sector - this time suggesting one...
16 July 2015
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I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...
03 July 2015
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A newspaper claims that Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham will this week announce that, should he head the party and eventually...
29 June 2015
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Father and son rogue landlords have been fined for failing to register their property as a house in multiple occupancy. Sabbir and...
29 June 2015
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A Tory MP is today introducing a Bill that will make it much easier for authorities to identify criminal landlords. The measure...
24 June 2015
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling for more effective action to find the minority of landlords who are criminals. The Association...
28 May 2015
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In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...
22 May 2015
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The Citizens Advice organisation has returned to the attack on the private rental sector, accusing rogue landlords of raking in £5.6...
22 May 2015
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The Residential Landlords Association is calling for better enforcement of existing laws and regulations to protect tenants in private rented housing. In...
22 May 2015
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The National Landlords Association has accused the Citizens Advice report of using “loose definitions to compound a perception that private housing...
22 May 2015
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A Conservative government means good news in the shape of a reduction in bureaurcracy for the private rental sector - but...
12 May 2015
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Property industry figures opposed to Labour plans to impose three year tenancies and rent caps should lobby candidates in a bid...