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Landlords have only until Friday to give their views on a controversial licensing consultation from a council known for its aggressive...

A London council is consulting on another controversial landlord licensing scheme. Barking and Dagenham council’s existing Selective Licensing Scheme has been applied to...

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

Warwick council is the latest to launch an Additional Licensing Scheme - it came into force just before last weekend. The district...

An Airbnb survey first reported last week on Landlord Today has exploded into a national newspaper controversy. Airbnb claims that almost 80...

HMO landlords in Portsmouth are being urged to apply for a new licence before the grace period ends on December 1. Additional...

Warwick council is the latest to introduce an Additional Licensing Scheme for HMOs. The district wide scheme will start on January 18...

The Additional Licensing HMO scheme in the Bath and North East Somerset area ends on New Year’s Eve.  The scheme covers around...

A London council is looking to introduce new licensing for landlords. Currently Wandsworth council operates mandatory licensing for HMOs with five or...

More than 300 landlords have applied for a new licence brought in this summer by Tory controlled Kensington and Chelsea council...

Bristol’s Labour-controlled council says it wants to spend some £17m of local council tax payers’ money on two new licensing schemes...

A council is warning HMO landlords to apply for a licence ahead of a new regime starting this week. From September 1...

Councillors in Warwick look set to decide tomorrow whether to implement an additional licensing scheme for some HMOs.  Following a public consultation...

A council in the south east of England says it is “exploring the possibility” of introducing a huge landlord licensing scheme. Councillors...

Southwark’s Labour council has won the backing of Housing Secretary Michael Gove for one of the largest private landlord licensing schemes...

A new borough-wide additional licensing regime has been given the go ahead in part of London. Redbridge council’s scheme has extended licensing...

A council has gone out to formal consultation on a licensing scheme - but appears to have pre-judges the outcome. It says...

Worcester council’s communities committee meets this week, with councillors asked to approve the change which will mean that HMO properties with...

Another Labour controlled council is introducing additional licensing for small HMOs. York council says that from April 1 an additional licence is...

A new licensing scheme for landlords in one of the country’s most controversial cities is likely to be approved next week. Nottingham...

Charnwood council in the East Midlands is now accepting applications from landlords of private rented properties that are covered by two...

A London council is relaunching its consultation on a new borough-wide Additional HMO Licensing Scheme, following feedback from the community.  The original...

Landlords and letting agents are invited to join a virtual forum for details of a new licensing requirements and to find...

A borough-wide consultation on landlord licensing for privately rented properties in Brent is taking place for the next 12 weeks.  The online...

A landlord has paid a £12,400 civil penalty after failing to license their HMO. In March this year officers from West Northamptonshire council attended...

A licensing scheme for rental properties in one part of Cardiff looks likely to be reintroduced next year. The Cathays Additional Licensing...

The landlord of a property in Northampton has paid a £2,750 civil penalty after failing to licence their HMO. In December 2021...

The landlord of a property in Northampton has paid a £2,750 civil penalty after failing to licence their HMO. In December 2021...

Barnet council in London is pushing ahead with plans to reintroduce an HMO licensing scheme next month, following a 15-month hiatus.  Additional...

A 10 week consultation by Portsmouth council on proposals for new HMO licensing has finished with 1,050 responses. Licences are required for...

A council now consulting on a huge licensing scheme for private landlords has been slammed - over its own record as...

Another council is conducting a consultation process aimed at renewing its existing landlord licensing for a further five years. Sefton council has...

A Midlands council is the latest to introduce an additional licensing regime for HMOs - but it’s based on a consultation...

A consultation is underway into the extension of yet another private landlord licensing scheme for a further five years. Since March 2018...

A Labour city council that has already called for powers to impose rent controls has now extended its existing landlord licensing...

Private landlords who let out properties in Central West Bromwich are being urged to check if they need to apply for...

PropTech firm Kamma says 11 new discretionary licensing schemes for landlords are set to launch in April - a record. This is the...

Another council has started consultations about stiffer controls on HMOs. Walsall council is proposing additional licensing to improve conditions and management of...

A council is considering an additional licensing scheme for HMOs in and around the High Street and town centres areas of...

Proposals to introduce an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs in yet another part of the country are to be discussed by...

A Labour council in London has announced plans to expand its crackdown on what it calls “shoddy landlords.” Southwark council says the...

A council is consulting over a range of private rental sector measures.  Leicester council is proposing a range of measures requiring landlords...

There are just three weeks left for landlords to respond to one of the largest consultations undertaken by a council in...

A Citizens Advice and Students Union study into student accommodation in its patch says there should be an additional licensing scheme...

A London council is inviting landlords and others to respond to a consultation on changes to its licensing regime.  Ealing council claims...

A Midlands council has given notice of two landlord licensing schemes set to be introduced later this year. Charnwood council has been...

A council enquiry is proposing a flurry of new landlord licensing schemes in one county in England.  An inquiry into the private...

A council has now approved plans for two of the country’s largest licensing schemes - one is so large it needs...

A Labour-controlled council says it’s confident a huge new licensing scheme for one of Britain’s most high-profile cities will be voted...

A landlord who failed to licence his properties has been ordered to pay back over £8,000 in rent. Dexter Blackstock, a former...

Landlords in the the Charnwood area of the Midlands are invited to give their views on the proposed conditions for two...

The government has revealed that it has no plans to introduce a national licensing scheme for landlords. Housing minister Chris Pincher MP...

Landlords have only until February 11 to respond to the licensing proposals of the London council with the largest private rental...

There is growing momentum for local councils to freeze their plans for landlord licensing while the pandemic continues. Lettings agency trade body...

The Rent Smart Wales quango, now five years old, has been sharply criticised by the National Residential Landlords Association.  A report commissioned...

It appears that a London borough council’s two licensing schemes have expired at the turn of the year, with no alternative...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £3,928.44 after failing to licence two properties he has been letting out in Nottingham.  Jaswinder...

The Labour-controlled Swansea council in south Wales is being asked by a landlord body to rethink its licensing proposals. The authority is...

A London local authority is to extend its current additional licensing scheme from 12 council wards to 18 - and is...

A local authority is inviting landlords to a virtual forum to be held today to canvas views on two proposed licensing...

Landlords are being encouraged to give their views on plans to introduce licensing schemes in a number of regions across the...

Camden Council has approved the renewal of landlord licensing in the borough, extending the licensing to most Houses in Multiple Occupation...

London Borough of Brent has approved the renewal and extension of borough-wide additional licensing for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) for...

A buy-to-let landlord in Nottingham has been fined £24,000 and told to pay £1,100 costs as well as a victim surcharge...

There are more than 130,000 unlicensed properties in London that should be licensed under either selective, additional or mandatory HMO licensing...

Private landlords in Enfield may soon have to obtain new licences after the local council launched a consultation aimed at gaining...

Hounslow Council has u-turned on plans to introduce a licensing scheme for landlords.  Plans for an additional licensing scheme for landlords were...

Members of the general public are being offered the opportunity to have their say on Brent’s landlord licensing scheme. Brent Council wants...

Landlord licensing schemes are being introduced across England, while they are mandatory in Scotland and Wales, as local authorities attempt to...

Haringey Borough Council has given the go-ahead for borough-wide additional licensing to be introduced from 27 May 2019 for Houses in...

With several licensing consultations currently being run by local authorities across the country, the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is encouraging buy-to-let...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £2,525 after failing to obtain a license for a shared house in Thurrock, Essex. Adeola Makinde was...

Thurrock Council is proposing to introduce additional licensing for private landlords renting rooms to tenants in specific parts of the borough...

The government has confirmed that the long-awaited extension of Mandatory HMO Licensing will be introduced from 1st October 2018, subject to...

In 2006, selective licensing was introduced, giving councils the power to force landlords to clean up their acts. These licenses allow...

Haringey Council has launched a public consultation on plans to introduce two new Selective Landlord Licensing schemes in the London borough. The...

Plans to introduce an additional licensing scheme across 12 wards in Havering, east London, have been approved. Local councillors met on Wednesday...

Two landlords in Bath have been ordered to more than £16,000 for failing to hold the correct HMO licences. Elizabeth Vowles, 48,...

Plans to introduce an additional licensing scheme across 12 wards in Havering, east London, look set to be approved tomorrow. Local councillor will...

  Hackney Council is planning to introduce a selective licensing scheme in an effort to clamp down on unscrupulous landlords in the...

The London Borough of Redbridge has from today introduced new selective licensing schemes in the wards of Valentines and Clementswood. The...

More private landlords with rental homes in the London borough of Havering may soon have to apply for a license after...

A Bristol councillor has called for additional selective landlord licensing in the city.  Clifton Down councillor, Carla Denyer, says that even in...

Private landlords in Ealing, one of London’s largest boroughs, will soon have to obtain a licence to operate a house in...

A new additional property licensing scheme has been introduced this week for landlords operating in the London borough of Barnet in north...

The government and local councils are not doing enough to clampdown on rogue landlords, according to a new report. A survey of...

Daniel Hill, managing director of Multi-Let UK, explains how you could build and manage a profitable HMO portfolio. Recent research fromMortgages...

A bespoke management service is being rolled out to support landlords and investors running HMO, or multi-let portfolios. The service provided by...

The London Borough of Lewisham has dramatically increased the fees for licencing HMOs above or below commercial premises in the borough. Following...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has written to Camden Council urging reconsideration of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for houses in...