Huge £45,000 bill for landlord after fire alarm offences

Huge £45,000 bill for landlord after fire alarm offences


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A council has prosecuted a landlord for letting out two HMOs without a licence and failing to comply with HMO Management Regulations.

Mohammed Ammar Hussain of Hemel Hempstead pleaded guilty to offences relating to two separate properties for failure to apply for an HMO licence, plus three offences of failing to comply with management duties in relation to property conditions – this included a lack of working fire alarms.  

Now Hussain has been ordered to pay fines of £13,450, a victim surcharge of £2,000 and £29,856 prosecution costs – a total of £45,306.

The properties in Hemel Hempstead were first discovered in September 2022, when the council found the properties to be operating illegally as HMOs with multiple hazards to residents.  

The council says: “We returned in January 2023 due to the landlord’s failure to submit licence applications. We discovered that two of the properties were still operating as unlicensed HMOs and the landlord had failed to put right all of the hazards.”

A spokesperson adds: “We recognise that most landlords are responsible and law abiding, caring deeply about providing the highest standards in their home. 

“However, there is a small minority of landlords who choose not to comply with the law and their tenants suffer as a result. I’m very proud of the team for achieving this excellent result on behalf of our residents. 

“It demonstrates our Housing Strategy commitment to championing the provision of safe, warm, and dry homes across the borough and putting our residents at the heart of everything we do.”

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