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New additional and selective licensing schemes are to be considered by the controversial Bristol city council. The council’s Labour Mayor - Marvin...

A council has been slammed for its “absolutely outrageous” failure to stop the eviction of up to 80 tenants - a...

A website claims that Banning Orders on private landlords have not been served because of local government funding shortfalls. Open Democracy says...

A landlord who was banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards, has lost an appeal to...

Details are emerging about a new Landlords Database, which is one of the major provisions of the Renters Reform Bill. Within the...

A PropTech entrepreneur is advising landlords worried about red tape to use letting agents. Neil Cobbold, managing director of rental payment service...

The government has once again declined to give any meaningful timetable for the introduction of the Renters Reform Bill. At the end...

A Bristol landlord has been banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards. Naomi Knapp, a portfolio landlord...

A council is considering imposing Banning Orders on unregulated and ‘informal’ landlords who have no lettings background and who advertise on...

A London council has secured banning orders against four rogue landlords after they were found to be letting an unlicensed and...

Rogue landlords in one area of London could face unlimited fines, criminal convictions and bans from letting out properties. The measures are...

A report by the National Audit Office has sharply criticised the government and councils for not doing enough to help tenants...

The National Residential Landlords Association has thrown its weight behind the recommendations of the National Audit Office report urging the government...

Only 39 rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with banning orders in the first three years of their existence. The...

The government’s decision to invest an additional £4m in funding for local councils to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents has...

Proposals for a national register of landlords have been rejected by the government.  A report on the joint research project between the...

Fresh funding for local councils in England to tackle unscrupulous landlords has been made available, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

A landlord in Stevenage who allowed his tenant to live in an excessively cold attic with a serious fire safety hazard...

With a new year now upon us, it’s time to look forward to what might happen (and what is definitely happening)...

Rogue landlords with properties in Scarborough now face fines of up to £30,000 as the local council looks to clampdown on...

Yesterday’s announcement that councils in England are going to be handed an additional £2m in government funding to tackle the small...

Rogue landlords in Ashford will now face fines of up to £30,000 after Ashford Borough Council voted to adopt new rules...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a new database in partnership with GetRentr, a technology platform which automatically monitors property portfolios for compliance...

Unscrupulous landlords who rent out substandard properties face being driven out of the private rented sector as new banning orders are...

Rogue landlords in Milton Keynes are being put on notice as the local council announces a new ‘tough approach’, including the...

ARLA Propertymark has slammed the new database of rogue landlords and letting agents, which will come into effect from tomorrow, as...

Councils will be handed tough new powers to punish rogue landlords up to £30,000. Under the new legislation, being introduced in October,...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has expressed its support for new legislation that will help ensure rented homes are safe and...

Tenants will be given the right to take legal action against landlords who offer properties that are not ‘fit for human...

West Suffolk councils have agreed to clamp down on dodgy landlords by adopting new powers to tackle them, following a joint...

It has been confirmed that a database of rogue landlords and letting agents as well as new banning orders will be...

The government has vowed to offer private renters extra protections and safeguards, as set out in the long-awaited white paper yesterday,...

The government has launched an official consultation process on plans to for new banning orders to clampdown on rogue landlords and...

Liverpool City Council (LCC) has issued just 2% of licensing applications since launching its citywide landlord licensing scheme in April last...

Eviction firm Landlord Action is calling for a blacklist of persistent rogue tenants to be made public. The Housing and Planning Bill...

The legislative system dealing with rogue landlords is ‘unfit for purpose’ and should be replaced with a national database covering all...