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

Newham council in London has won what it calls a landmark case against a convicted rogue landlord. The court has dismissed the...

Michael Gove has written to 10 social housing providers - housing associations and councils - slamming them after findings of severe...

More councils should be encouraged to buy homes from landlords, an industry expert says. This follows reports last week which revealed that...

A London council that just days ago threatened private landlords with unlimited fines and “have control of their properties removed” has...

A London council is telling landlords that if they don’t apply for a licence in the next nine days they face...

A council has given an insight into its past five years of enforcement actions against private landlords. The Labour council in Newham,...

One of London’s most aggressive landlord licensing regimes says it has an early-bird offer running until July 14. Landlords applying for Newham...

Activists who until last week were focussing their campaigning on demanding the publication of the Renters Reform Bill have now announced...

A London council says it’s been given the go ahead by Housing Secretary Michael Gove for an “unprecedented” third five-year term. The...

A London council is consulting on what it claims to be “a groundbreaking property licensing scheme.” Newham council says its licensing of more...

A young man has been discovered paying £250 a month for a sleeping space in a cupboard under the stairs, measuring...

When letting a property, many of us turn to letting agents for help, and as many of you will know, not...

A London council has been working with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to identify landlords that have failed to declare their...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has vowed to crackdown on criminal landlords by ensuring that they are ‘named and shamed’...

Don Valley MP Caroline Flint is calling for selective licensing to be extended across the borough, after visiting Newham in London,...

A “dangerous and dilapidated” three-bedroom house rented to a family with two young children has been closed down by Newham Council.  The...

Newham Council has prosecuted what it called a “group of criminals” running a dodgy letting business with an estimated income of...