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A rogue landlord prosecuted for illegally squashing seven flats into a development with planning permission for six must pay around £250,000.  In...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made a sweeping attack on the conditions of homes run by private landlords. In a statement backing...

A court has told a multi-millionaire landlord he must pay £125,000 after a 10-year campaign of abuse against a local council.  Last...

The Health and Safety Executive is urging landlords to check the credentials of gas fitters following a case heard recently in...

Activists have expressed their delight that the government has “listed to the voice of renters” in its provisions for widespread reform...

This is the entirety of the detail given by the government about the Renters’ Reform Bill, confirmed in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech. --- Renters Reform...

A landlord has been jailed for a year after making a homeless woman perform sexual favours for him in return for...

The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...

A legal challenge has been launched on a local authority accused of charging “disproportionate” sums for repair work on a block...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit back at allegations made by Shelter, accusing the charity of sensationalising the way landlords...

In this guides and tips piece, Kerry Barber, head of Compliance at Goodlord, and Leanne McCarthy, claims facilitator at Goodlord, discuss why this month's...

Eviction specialist Landlord Action says it’s seen a sharp rise in landlords seeking to use its debt recovery service against tenants...

Shelter’s latest accusations about private landlords and evictions have been slammed as “scaremongering.” The charity claims that a private renter in England...

A landlord has been accused of a “disgusting offence” after installing a camera in the bathroom of a house he let...

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

Landlords will be breathing a sigh of relief following a Supreme Court decision delivered just before the Easter holiday. The court refused...

One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...

Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

The National Residential Landlords Association has backed a far-reaching report by a group of MPs which has condemned the quality of...

A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...

A landlord has been fined in one of the first cases in England, for failing to comply with Electrical Safety Standards. Regulations...

Letting agency Bramleys has canvassed the opinions of its clients to produce a league table of the biggest bugbears identified by...

A landlord has been hit with a bill of almost £25,000 for allegedly exposing vulnerable tenants to serious fire risks in...

A landlord has been fined £6,250 for failing to make a series of improvements to the property he lets out in...

A London landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO. The fine was issued after the landlord ignored repeated warnings...

As we approach what is commonly the busiest month of the year, there is one question many in the sector many...

A second-offence landlord has received fines totalling £5,259.75 after council officers found nine different safety violations at a single property. The building...

Husband-and-wife landlords Robin and Susan Kirstein have been landed with a massive fine for letting a home that was deemed by...

It goes without saying that any decent landlord wants to provide their tenants with a safe and secure home and to...

As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...

Around half of the Nightingale courts set up in 2020 at the height of the pandemic are to close, with the...

A private landlord has been fined £1,760 and ordered to pay £1,000 costs after failing to properly licence four properties in...

It’s been reported by local media that a controversial landlord licensing scheme introduced by a council may now be investigated by...

Private landlords in a major UK city must now provide an emergency out-of-hours contact number for dealing with anti-social behaviour, the...

Russia sending tanks into Ukraine sounds terrifying, but it also sounds a long way away. Unfortunately, in a world of global...

A landlord who harassed tenants and left them in dangerous accommodation hit has been branded “atrocious” and has been hit with...

A landlord has been fined for failing to ensure that gas fittings, appliances and associated flues were checked for safety. Edinburgh Sheriffs...

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

Complaints from the public about rubbish left in front of a house have led to a landlord being hit with a...

Last month, I wrote about what’s in store for the private rented sector in 2022 and, like most commentators in our...

A rogue landlord who has already been fined on numerous occasions for similar offences has now been served with a £5,000...

A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting...

The campaign to ensure that landlords are included in the government’s measures to alleviate the problem of dangerous cladding is gathering...

A landlord must demolish two penthouse apartments by mid July - or else go to jail. It’s being reported that a case...

A landlord who has been operating a licensable HMO without a licence has been fined £5,000 at a prosecution brought by...

As we enter 2022 the private rented sector can look back on a year which marked the start of its recovery...

Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...

A landlord operating a House in Multiple Occupation without a licence has been fined £5,000. An officer from Chesterfield council carried out an...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

A young law student has won a year-long battle against a landlord over the state of his rental accommodation. Jack Simm, 19,...

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...

The Law Society of England and Wales has welcomed the proposal for tenants facing eviction to receive enhanced legal assistance. “It would be...

The government is proposing that tenants facing eviction receive additional legal assistance through an enhancement of the current free ‘on-the-day’ law...

Two landlords who jointly own a property to let in Wrexham have been fined for failing to licence it appropriately. Christopher Tye...

A private landlord who failed to carry out essential safety work has been fined for ignoring an Emergency Prohibition Order. Mohammed Deryo,...

The number of repossession cases in the courts involving landlords using Section 21 notices has plummeted over the past two years. A...

The long-running saga of unscrupulous landlords taking advantage of lone tenants to suggest a ‘sex for rent’ arrangement continues with a...

Despite dire warnings from Generation Rent, Shelter and other campaigners, it appears that the end of the eviction ban did NOT...

The relationship between the overwhelming number of good landlords and local authorities tends to be limited or possibly non-existent. With the far...

A lettings sector trade body is blasting local authorities for their poor record on trying to eliminate rogue landlords. The National Residential...

It’s understood there will be a Christmas truce with tenants not enduring bailiff-enforced evictions between December 13 and January 10. HM Courts...

A landlord has been fined and sentenced to a 12-month community order for failing to maintain gas appliances at a rental...

A landlord has been fined £24,750 and told to repay his tenants almost £47,000 in rent. In December 2018, Preston council responded...

A council in the north of England has identified 166 private rental properties within the district that do not comply with...

The scrapping of Section 21 and other provisions expected in the government’s White Paper on rental reform have been delayed until...

A social landlord is selling a home on the open market but says it should go only to a first time...

There may be a breakthrough in clearing the huge backlog of possession cases as the government is allocating an extra £324m...

Landlord Gordon Lee has been sentenced to 12-months' community service and must pay the full costs of his fire safety court...

Three criminal landlords have paid £350,000 in fines after being found guilty of illegal ‘beds in sheds’. Brian Linskey and Catherine Hallahan...

With more than 60 per cent of landlords losing rental income during the pandemic, it is no surprise that many are...

A landlord must pay thousands of pounds after illegally letting an outbuilding for over three years. Paul Vig admitted failing to comply with...

A Labour-controlled local authority with a reputation for clampdowns on rogue landyhas issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...

There’s more evidence of councils clamping down on landlords fly tipping - Landlord Today has run a series of reports on...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay almost £275,000 for failing to comply with an existing planning enforcement notice. Mrs Anja...

A landlord is going to court to try to recover £150,000 allegedly owed by an agency in the form of guaranteed...

As founder of Landlord Action and chief operating officer at Hamilton Fraser, I’ve been talking to landlords for over 25 years...

A landlord in the north of England has received the largest fine that his local council has ever secured for a...

A man who broke into the home of his prospective landlord and threatened him with a screwdriver has been jailed for...

The government has issued new guidance for landlords and tenants concerning the possession process as applied to those on an Assured...

One of the first submissions to Chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of his autumn Budget and spending review later this month asks...

A remarkable four year court battle has ended with £190,000 in fines for a rogue landlord couple who falsely claimed they...

A London council has prosecuted a rogue landlord and his associated property firm for letting unsafe properties and being unlicensed -...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £2,400 to his former tenants after a tribunal appeal following the issuing of a...

Landlord Action, the high profile eviction and housing law consultancy, has seen a 43 per cent rise in instructions from landlords...

A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record...

Outspoken landlord Fergus Wilson, who has reportedly become a millionaire through his buy to let investments, has been hit with a...

A landlord has been prosecuted for a second time for breaches of Wirral council’s selective licensing scheme. The council’s housing standards team...

A landlord has pleaded guilty to harassing one of his tenants during the eviction ban period. Abid Butt from Sheffield has been...

Demand for property with land has risen significantly over the last 18 months according to a buying agency - but it’s...

A landlord has been ordered by a court to pay over £6,000 after admitting a string of regulation breaches.  Juliet Petrovic, of...

Private landlords interested in leasing properties in Bridgend, south Wales, are being invited to join a scheme which would see them...

A landlord has pleaded guilty to the unlawful eviction of his tenant. Jalal Uddin of Wellingborough has pleaded guilty at the town’s...

The government has updated its guidance for landlords and tenants in the private and social rental sectors in England and Wales. The...

The Build To Rent sector continues to grow, with the news that a 650-home scheme in the city of Bath has...

The government needs to beef up enforcement if it wants to address rogue landlords who put tenants at risk, says the...

A landlord who failed to comply with improvement notices for a vulnerable tenant and threatened to evict her if the improvements...

A letting agent who campaigns against rogue landlords says the government has “no idea” how many convictions there have been regarding...

A local newspaper’s investigation has revealed that a London council flouted its own policies to maximise the number of landlords it...

The first landlord in the country to receive a Banning Order under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 when the new...

A private landlord operating an unlicensed and overcrowded property in London has been hit with a fine of more than £21,000. Brent...

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

A landlord in the north of England has been given a suspended prison sentence and a huge fine for fire safety...

Hastings council has taken a landlord to court for failing to obtain a gas safety certificate, which is required by law...

Fines for landlords and lettings agents in Greater London have soared from just £22,000 in May to a huge £139,146 in...

The latest updates affecting the work of local landlords, letting agents and property managers, plus a chance to network and catch...

A man has pleaded guilty in a magistrates’ court after he evicted a tenant by unlawfully harassing him and obliging him...

A private landlord operating an unlicensed and overcrowded property in London has been hit with a fine of more than £21,000.  The...

Camden council in north London has become the first local authority to secure an anti-social behaviour injunction against a landlord in...

A landlord has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds by magistrates after a bedroom fire revealed tenants were living in...

A landlord has been given a hefty fine for housing vulnerable tenants in hazardous conditions in a case brought by a...

A lettings agent who has started a rental insurance business has launched another attack on landlords. Ajay Jagota, who runs KIS Lettings...

The government has updated its guidance for landlords and tenants to explain the possession action process in the county courts in...

A rogue landlord who allowed vulnerable tenants to live in conditions without windows, proper washing facilities or fire safety measures at...

London based landlord and property developer Richard Leahy has agreed to hand over assets worth almost £2m. This settles a civil recovery...

A council is appealing for witnesses to help with its prosecution of a landlord for illegal eviction. Sohila Tamiz who is a...

A landlord has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment suspended for two years for breaches of fire safety legislation. Thirunavukkaradu Kuladaisamy, the...

A pet referencing service is courting controversy by suggesting more animals should be allowed in rental properties - and that landlords,...

A council has gone on record saying it’s trying to stop a rogue landlord from letting out any property anywhere, ever...

Since the eviction ban was lifted on May 31, landlords are once again able to move forward with eviction proceedings. However,...

Contrary to the impression put forward by some pressure groups, there’s been a continued fall in landlord possession claims between April...

A tenant was put at risk from a ceiling that partially collapsed and was left unable to use her shower after...

Evictions guru Paul Shamplina returns to the TV this evening but his Channel5 show has had a name change - it...

A new scheme has been launched encouraging tenants to complain about their landlords and seek compensation. Ajay Jagota - who used to...

A landlord has been prosecuted for failure to make improvements to his tenanted property, including failing to install a fire detection...

A landlord who fly-tipped the contents of a flat so another tenant could move in has been ordered to pay thousands...

Campaign group Generation Rent has issued an angry statement in response to the government’s decision to extend the eviction ban for...

A stinging attack on Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been made by the National Residential Landlords Association. The trade body has produced a...

Landlord Today readers will be more than aware that legal changes happen often these days, and it can be understandably challenging...

Activist group Generation Rent are telling tenants to use the slightest documentation error by landlords to avoid eviction. It claims as many...

There appears to be no evidence yet as to the effectiveness or otherwise of the government’s mediation scheme, introduced ahead of...

A rogue landlord has been fined £2,000 and must pay a victim surcharge of £22 after pleading guilty to breaching a...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

Tenants with arrears accumulated during the pandemic are finding it tough to secure alternative accommodation because their credit scores have been...

A Labour MP is proposing legislation which would mean that landlords who offer accommodation in exchange for sexual favours could be...

A specialist law firm is reminding landlords considering possession proceedings that they still need to be aware of key changes to...

A council in the north of England is offering help to landlords and private rental tenants as the bailiff-enforced eviction ban...

The government has produced figures that counter the long-running claims by rental sector activists that there has been a build up...

The government has pledged to  bring forward a White Paper in the Autumn, focussing on its commitments to reform the private...

Rogue landlord Siddika Begum of Salisbury has been prosecuted for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation in the town. Begum...

A London lettings agency says that despite its four year delay, Crossrail still presents opportunities for buy to let investors. Benham and...

A man who tried to frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been jailed. Gerald Banyard,...

Landlord Antanas Klibavicius has pleaded guilty to illegally evicting his tenant and not taking any steps towards ending the tenancy properly...

A coalition of 20 pro-tenant organisations - including at least one actively campaigning against some government measures - wants a meeting...

A former tenant who tried two frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been convicted...

The landlords’ trade body has given its support to the principle of consultation before the much-hyped Renters Reform Bill becomes law. Yesterday’s...

A think-tank, UK Onward, has called for radical rental reform. In a statement released to coincide with today’s Queen’s Speech, the think-tank...

A new academic report suggests that more than 400,000 private tenants may be in significant rent arrears by the end of...

A Midlands council says it’s sent thousands of letters to landlords in the last 12 months in response to complaints from...

A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...

Landlords are being warned of an urgent change to the arrears process thanks to the launch of the government’s Breathing Space...

A landlord who was hit with a £66,000 fine over safety breaches at a rental property has fought back - and...

It’s a story that’s seldom told - how some tenants steal items from landlords’ properties when a tenancy ends. Now the Oxford...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has made the most explicit admission yet of the government’s desire to diminish the private rental sector. In...

The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Tuesday May 11, with many expecting this to be when the government confirms...

TV star Robert Rinder - best known for his performances under the guise of Judge Rinder - has made an outspoken...

The landlords' main trade body wants a tapering down of notice periods for Section 8 and Section 21. The government has already...

Two landlords of a property in East London have been ordered to pay costs and fines totalling £61,057.05 after they were prosecuted...

The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign has made a sharp attack on section 21 notices. Baroness Alicia Kennedy says: “A Section 21...

The Daily Mail is reporting that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and he’s taking...

A landlord and a property company have a total of over £90,000 to pay after being found guilty of 27 charges...

Many landlords awaiting the hearing of possession cases will hardly need reminding, but new figures from the Ministry of Justice give...

The government has released details of its mediation scheme, which has already won the in-principle support of the National Residential Landlords...

A landlord that refused to make safety improvements at two of her properties in Folkestone has been fined nearly £5,000. Madeleine Scott,...

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

A rogue landlord has been hit with a bill of £48,000 - a record for the council which brought the prosecution. Tariq...

An eviction specialist says the average time to evict a tenant could soar by six months once the current ban comes to...

In the first anniversary of the initial ban on repossessions, it appears the move has backfired spectacularly. Research for the National Residential...

A landlord who allowed his tenants to live in squalid conditions, has been ordered by the court to pay £5,000 for...

The eviction ban may have made life less stressful for tenants but a housing lawyer claims otherwise. David Renton, writing in the...

A serial-offender landlord has been fined for putting tenants at serious harm from fire and exposing them to substandard and dangerous conditions. Nilendu...

The Competition and Markets Authority is to probe property investment companies that have purchased freeholds from developers and that go on...

From April, almost two-thirds (67%) of England’s councils are set to increase their council tax by 4.90 – 5.0%. However, the pandemic has...

Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...

A group of activists at the centre of campaigns for renters’ rights has claimed the police help landlords commit illegal acts. The London...

The activists group Acorn, which has staged several anti-landlord demonstrations including some outside homes, is opposing a new Bill going through...

A landlord in his 70s who claims he was just ‘helping people’ has been handed a suspended prison sentence. That’s because he...

Activists in Generation Rent have hit out at the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions.  The government has extended this...

A tenant who sub-let a property by falsely claiming to be its owner has been given a criminal record.  Sonia Nascimento rented...

A landlord who illegally turned a London property into 13 flats has been hit by nearly £200,000 in fines, costs and...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in what a local council calls “a landmark...

Around 840,000 private renters in England and Wales have built up rent arrears since lockdown measures began and one in five...

A local council has let it be known that it’s in a pilot mediation scheme set up by the government -...

A Crown Court judge has ordered a landlord to pay back almost £750,000 in illicit earnings made from overcrowded properties in...

A gas engineer was shocked to come across a large cannabis grow in a rental property after being called to change...

New simplified rental contracts are to be introduced from spring 2022 in Wales with minimum notice periods for evictions extended from...

Two men - one a landlord, the other a shopkeeper- have been jailed after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. Mushtaq...

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

A landlord has been sentenced for failing to maintain gas appliances at a rental property in accordance with the law. Swansea magistrates’...

A landlord’s firm has been fined after waste accumulated in the rear yard of a tenanted property. Elahi Properties of Blackburn was...

This 10-part series - filmed before the pandemic - follows letting agents, eviction specialists and lawyers helping landlords chase rent arrears and...

Landlords are today backing a call by the Resolution Foundation think tank for tenant hardship loans for renters impacted by the...

The Baroness leading the pressure group Generation Rent says the extension of the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions does not go far...

Two landlords who illegally let a London property without providing proper washing facilities or tackling serious fire hazards have been taken to...

A landlord has admitted voyeurism and has been handed a suspended prison sentence and placed on the sex offenders’ register for...

Shelter says it expects the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions to be extended until at least the end of the present...

A landlord has been fined £6,000 for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation. Wolverhampton council prosecuted Aunberin Saddique after it...

Despite talk of increased arrears and wider economic concerns, it appears tenants are increasingly worried about the long-term effects of poor credit...

A tax barrister has restructured his way of working and is appealing to buy to let and other property investors as...

Two men have been ordered to pay almost £8,000 for letting out flats in defiance of regulations designed to keep tenants...

Multi-millionaire landlord Fergus Wilson - at one time described as Britain’s most successful buy to let landlord - is reported to...

The Generation Rent campaign wants public cash in a Covid Rent Debt Fund to clear rent arrears for tenants who have run...

A tenant organisation has written to almost 130 politicians asking them to do more to protect renters - especially lone females -...

A leading property lawyer insists that a controversial new ‘debt moratorium’ system starting this spring will not mean a free ride...

The Scottish Labour Party has written to the SNP government of that country to demand more protection for private tenants. Labour housing...

Two property investment companies and an associated business have all been closed down “in the public interest” by the government’s Insolvency...

A landlord has been hit with a fine of over £600 after failing to comply with an improvement notice - jeopardising...

A landlord who let out a former bank vault as an illegal flat described by the local council as “dangerous” has...

The Financial Conduct Authority is extending the ban on repossessions by two months until April 1, in light of the pandemic...

Junior housing minister Kelly Tolhurst says the government will introduce the controversial Renters Reform Bill “very soon.” This Bill is the one which...

A former tenant has been fined for sending racially offensive messages to his former landlord over three years after being evicted...

The government insists that its ban on bailiff-enforced evictions “protects the most vulnerable renters” during the pandemic. The claim comes in the...

Activists in a rental reform coalition say court possession hearings should be halted as well as bailiff-led evictions. They say the stress...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...

Martin Lewis, the celebrity consumer rights campaigner behind MoneySavingExpert, has called upon the government to extend the current ban on bailiffs...

Activists from Shelter and Generation Rent have led the charge for a renewed eviction ban in the light of the latest...

A landlord who breached a court order not to harass or evict his tenants has been given a prison sentence.  Saakib Khan,...

An investigation by the BBC has found that 80 per cent of advertisements on two websites used by landlords say people...

A landlord has been fined £10,000 by her local council for failing to licence a HMO. Tracey Davies of Bath was found...

A leading officer in a Labour council which has in the past taken landlords to court says this process is so...

The National Residential Landlords Association has released its manifesto for the 2021 Welsh Parliament elections - and it makes the case...

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

A London council has confirmed its right to refuse licenses to criminal landlords - even reformed ones. A story in the East...

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association has admitted in a newspaper article that some landlords do misuse their...

Private landlords are setting out a manifesto of radical changes for the rental sector, starting with more repossession rights. The demands are...

Courts are now introducing Review Hearings to prioritise eviction cases during lockdown, adding more red tape for anxious landlords. The purpose of...

Labour politicians, union leaders and Shelter are amongst those writing to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanding an eviction ban. The protest...

The leading landlords trade body is accusing the government of rewarding rent dodgers with its latest restrictions on eviction. The National Residential...

From today possession cases with severe rent arrears will be exempt from the effective ban on evictions applying to the England...

A legal challenge has been started to the government’s current ‘ban’ on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. High profile property...

An industry service supplier has revealed the scale of the backlog in possession cases which cannot be pursued to eviction because of...

A  leading property law firm says the government’s ‘eviction ban by the back door’ means many buy to let properties are...

Mark Horsey, a landlord who has been convicted of voyeurism, has now been banned from continuing to work in the financial...

The government’s announcement at the end of next week that almost no evictions would be possible before January 11 at the...

It’s been confirmed that during the current one month lockdown in England there will be no enforcement of possession orders except...

Generation Rent says there should be a reinstatement of the eviction ban immediately, and appears to have been stung into the...

An analysis of the private rental sector by the London School of Economics suggests there could be three times the current...

Generation Rent is calling for a furlough-type scheme aimed at helping tenants. The group says that following news of the four week...

A local authority is thought to be the first in the country to be offering a Coronavirus lifeline to hard-pressed landlords. Leicester...

A leading property lawyers says he’s willing to act for landlords to take the government to judicial review over its latest...

A council has prosecuted a landlord who failed to ensure waste from his property was properly disposed of. Mohammed Hussain from Leeds...

Insurance firm CIA Landlord is offering advice to landlords on how to prepare for five likely problems to appear this winter...

Bailiffs have agreed to a government request not to enforce court orders against tenants in Tier 2 and Tier 3 locations. This...

A landlord has been prosecuted following the death of a tenant in a house fire at an HMO said to have...

A council has prosecuted a local landlord for failing to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of his tenants. Eastleigh council took...

A London landlord who ignored six enforcement notices served by his local council has been ordered to pay over £300,000. Salim Mussa Patel...

Two landlords have been fined over £100,000 after 35 people were found living in what a judge called “criminally improper conditions.” Arun...

The Lettings Industry Council has published a report outlining why Section 21 should not be abolished, despite the government’s commitment to...

There’s new legal guidance for landlords faced with long-standing arrears and it says it’s possible to serve a second Section 8...

The ‘No DSS’ issue has been effectively settled by a landmark court case, but a new document for MPs says ‘affordability...

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

Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...

Robert Rinder, the reality TV celebrity and barrister, has joined the campaigning charity Shelter to oppose what he describes as illegal...

The Generation Rent campaign says a mandatory landlord register is necessary - and would have stopped the actions of a rogue...

A landlord says he feared for his safety and locked himself in his bedroom following a drunken rampage by a tenant. The...

A landlord who unlawfully let cramped and overcrowded bedsits and then harassed tenants who complained has been fined thousands of pounds...

A letting agent in Nottinghamshire stole close to £30,000 from several landlord clients and tenants to help prevent his business from...

Landlord Action and the Property Redress Scheme, both part of the Hamilton Fraser group, have teamed up to help buy-to-let landlords...

The six-month tenant eviction ban, which finally ended yesterday, has helped renters that are suffering financial difficulty, but it has also...

With courts now prepared to hear rental property repossession cases again following the end of the ban on evictions, there will...

A second UK court has ruled that ‘No DSS’ is unlawful, after a renter won a legal trial against housing benefit...

As has been broadcast widely in the news the government has been going to extraordinary lengths to enforce their message that...

More needs to be done to help support tenants, especially those facing financial hardship as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic,...

Many renters have welcomed the government's latest announcement around protecting tenants from eviction over the winter period, but tenants and landlords...

The government has been slammed for attempting to shift the responsibility for renters in need onto landlords.  Chris Town a landlord and...

Buy-to-let landlords must now provide tenants with at least six months’ notice period prior to seeking possession through the courts in...

Buy-to-let landlords must now provide tenants with at least six months’ notice period prior to seeking possession through the courts in...

More money needs to be made available to support landlords and renters during the existing Covid-19 pandemic, according to Bankrate UK.  The...

The government has finally confirmed how repossession cases in the rental market will be handled from 20 September.    Buy-to-let landlords are now...

Buy-to-let landlords could be facing up to two years without rent due to the government’s decision to extend the evictions ban,...

The government has made a grave mistake extending the evictions ban in England and Wales by four weeks, it has been...

Buy-to-let landlords in England will now have to give tenants six months’ notice to vacate their property except in cases involving...

A number of buy-to-let landlords continue to work closely with tenants to support those in rent arrears as a result of...

There could be a significant increase in repossession cases in London once the tenant eviction ban ends this weekend, legal experts...

The London Renters Union (RLU) will hold a day of action next week demanding that the government acts to protect renters,...

While the five-month tenant eviction ban has helped renters that are suffering financial difficulty, it has left landlords powerless to take...

As a landlord, it’s vital to conduct periodic inspections throughout each tenancy to ensure that the condition of your rental property...

Buy-to-let landlords planning to evict tenants who have failed to pay rent when the existing evictions ban is scrapped on 23...

A new tenancy mediation service for landlords and tenants has successfully resolved 50% of cases where the renter was willing to...

Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland have been left with little alternative but to serve 350 eviction notices since the beginning of lockdown,...

A specialist property litigation firm is warning buy-to-let landlords not to discriminate against benefit claimants, following a recent landmark ruling that...

Buy-to-let landlords in Bury now face the prospect of major fines if they are caught providing tenants with unsafe and substandard...

In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has appointed a new legal counsel.  Housing lawyer and former Residential Landlords Association (RLA) policy director...

Pepper Money has reintroduced buy-to-let purchase mortgages for individual investors and limited companies. The lender has also announced that it will be...

A buy-to-let landlord in Doncaster has lost an appeal at the High Court after he built an extension on a property...

The practice of refusing to rent homes to those in receipt of housing benefit has been ruled unlawful this week, but...

Buy-to-let landlords must not discriminate against benefit claimants, a court has ruled.  A court case in York has ruled that blanket bans...

The Dispute Service (TDS) has launched a new service to help reduce tenant and landlord disputes over rent arrears.  TDS Resolution is...

A buy-to-let landlord has been left with a £5,200 legal bill following a string of drug-dealing and possible exploitation offences linked...