- Written by: Graham Norwood
All private landlords in four areas of Islington in north London - where the council claims there are particular problems with poor conditions – now have to pay the Labour authority following this week’s expansion of a local licensing regime. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The newly re-elected Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester - Andy Burnham - wants to end Right To Buy on new-build homes and has pledged a crackdown on rogue private landlords. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Proposals for a ‘good landlord’ scheme in Greater Manchester have won the personal backing of the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A council has prosecuted four landlords in three days, with convictions secured for seven offences. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A trio of Cambridge landlords have been fined more than £8,000 between them, after three separate HMOs were found to be unlicensed. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A council has issued a statement boasting of its record prosecuting rogue landlords. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says he is demanding the powers to seize usage or poor quality homes from landlords he declares to be rogue operators. ...
- Written by: Landlord Today Team
The Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill has passed its third reading in the House of Lords and is set to become law over the summer. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Labour’s shadow housing spokesperson is promoting a video claiming that ‘everyone’ in the private rental sector suffers from ‘rogue landlords and letting agents.’ ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Rogue landlords who exploit the supported housing system at the expense of vulnerable residents could be banned from operating or fined up to £30,000 as enforcement is stepped up across the country. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Councils have demanded draconian punishments for landlords who fail to bring their homes up to the Decent Homes Standard which is set to be introduced by the government. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The government has outlined how a new ‘portal’ will carry the rogue landlords database and be available to the general public. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Media reports from Cambridge say that rent protesters in the city are to demand the council employs staff dedicated to chasing rogue landlords and taking them to court. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A Freedom of Information request by a newspaper has unveiled the almost complete lack of activity by local councils when it comes to the government’s so-called rogue landlords banned list. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A London council has secured banning orders against four rogue landlords after they were found to be letting an unlicensed and unsafe home in the borough of Camden. ...
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