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It is possible that licensing regimes operated by local councils could cut the fees they impose on landlords. The House of Commons...

Back in 2019, the Government promised a ban on so-called no-fault evictions. Section 21 was to be outlawed. While some housing...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

Environmental health officers are making a last ditch bid to save local council licensing. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health reckons that...

Fines for rogue landlords and agents in London have surged past the £10 million mark.   With 19 council licensing schemes and...

An industry supplier is analysing licensing schemes and whether they achieve anything to improve rental housing standards. Yuno says questions need to be...

Four landlords are contemplating seeking a judicial review of a council’s proposed licensing scheme extension. Middlesbrough council is consulting on extending its...

A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...

Scotland’s controversial licensing regime on Airbnbs and other short lets, due to start next month, may breach the European Convention on...

Landlords converting a property of any size to rent out on multiple tenancies in seven areas of a London borough could...

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

An organisation that describes itself as ‘politically independent and a charity’ is launching a probe into how further regulation could help...

The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to...

A PropTech company which aims its products at landlords, claim that over 600,000 landlords are breaking the rules when it comes...

A landlord has overturned a council fine for letting her flat without a licence - and it’s the same local authority...

A well-organised group of local landlords is threatening a city council with legal action over plans to expand a licensing scheme. The...

A landlord has been handed penalties totalling nearly £8,000 after being found guilty of operating an unlicensed HMO. This follows an investigation...

A councillor has criticised an MP who came out in favour of landlords in a dispute over licensing. Earlier this week Landlord Today...

A Conservative MP is weighing in, in support of landlords arguing against a £700 licensing fee by the local council.  James Duddridge,...

An argument is brewing with landlords angry at the wording of a council licensing consultation. Southend council wants landlords to pay a...

Landlords with properties in the Havering area have until January 24 to submit a selective licence application, giving them a 50...

A lettings trade body says expensive council licensing schemes could force landlords to sell, making vulnerable tenants homeless or obliged to...

An angry landlord has appeared at a magistrates court to deny a charge relating to local council licensing.  Local media report that...

Landlords may look at launching a judicial review of a new licensing scheme in Redbridge, it has been suggested. The Ilford Recorder,...

Council bosses in Glasgow are clamping down on HMOs in the city. According to a report in the Evening Times, council licensing staff...