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A report from the Public Accounts Committee on the regulation of the private rented sector (PRS) was issued with little notice...

Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...

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

Renting is changing. That’s what we keep being told by the Government as it prepares the ground for its renters’ reform...

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...

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

A council says it’s going to clampdown on landlords who are “keeping deposits unnecessarily” and agents “charging unpermitted fees.” The pledge comes...

Police have arrested a teenager who they found hiding in the loft of a rented house filled with cannabis plants -...

The new housing minister is a landlord - and has already attracted criticism from some sections of the media. Yesterday Chris Pincher...

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

A council is to unveil its latest initiatives for landlords via a webinar. West Berkshire council will be running a virtual landlord...

With over 40m Airbnb users across Europe and the US, and approximately 250,000 listings in the UK alone, the short-term accommodation...

Police have imposed a Closure Order on a property in Southampton under Section 80 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime & Policing Act. The...

Local media are reporting that landlords on a housing estate known to harbour drug traffickers and criminal gangs are being given...

A lodger who punched, kicked and bit his landlord after being challenged about his drinking has been jailed. Mickey Boots punched the...

The BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme You and Yours says 4,746 rental scams have been reported to the police and...

A council says it’s working with police to target landlords which it claims are flouting the law and illegally eviction and...

Detectives are urging landlords to remain cautious following to discovery of a number of cannabis farms in rented properties. In the past...

Landlords, tenants and residents in parts of Nottingham may be eligible for free home safety improvements to crackdown on burglary. Nottinghamshire police...

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

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

Landlords, letting agents and tenants in South Yorkshire are being warned about an increase in rental fraud. Local police there say they...

Legendary south of England landlord Fergus Wilson is reported to have been arrested after a dispute in which he allegedly called...

Landlords are being urged to check their premises after officers recovered a huge stack of prepared cannabis from an empty café...

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

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

A Labour Party pressure group has tweeted the message: “All landlords are bastards.” The tweet, from Labour Tenants United, is the latest...

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

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

Direct Line Business Insurance has outlined seven tell-tale signs of cannabis cultivation, which it says is an increasing problem for landlords across...

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...

An expert assessment of the average cost of damage caused by rogue tenants growing cannabis suggests landlords will typically pay almost...

Landlords have frequently not had obligatory ID checks conducted on them by letting agents, an industry supplier is claiming.  Blinc UK says...

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

The Generation Rent campaign group has entered the fray for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections which will be held in some...

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

A pressure group for tenants wants the next Mayor of London to win powers from the government to reduce rents, through a...

A Labour housing pressure group has made strong public criticism of the party’s shadow housing spokeswoman, Thangam Debbonaire. Labour Tenants United was...

A landlord refused entry to a property he owned has tipped off police who discovered a cannabis farm in the Nottinghamshire...

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

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...

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...

With buy to let and traditional commercial property both under challenge thanks to government regulations and Coronavirus, the government is now...

Activists are aiming to make the eviction ban a central theme in this spring’s local elections. In early May there are elections...

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

An anarchist group has admitted that protests against landlords and letting agencies present opportunities for disruption. The Solidarity Federation says it aims to “advance...

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

The owner of a property used for an illegal party has been fined by a London council for breaking lockdown. Police were called...

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

Both Labour and the Scottish National Party have spoken out over online platforms carrying advertisements from landlords seeking sexual favours in...

Police in Devon say they will be cracking down on holiday homes let by landlords in contravention of Coronavirus lockdown rules...

The Liberal Democrats want Airbnb to ensure its landlords offer free accommodation to victims and survivors of domestic abuse in Tier 3...

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

Members of a wealthy Blackburn family of landlords with a portfolio of properties have been sentenced for defrauding the Department for...

The Acorn group of rental activists has created a detailed crib sheet of responses to a council consultation on landlord licensing. Acorn,...

Seven Emergency Prohibition Orders have been served on one landlord by a Nottinghamshire Police force and local authority. The seven properties in...

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

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

The Financial Conduct Authority wants to find people who unwittingly invested in an unauthorised land banking scheme - they may be...

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...

Landlords are being urged to remain attentive when viewing or inspecting rental homes in order to weed out tenants that may...

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

The landlord of two properties in Coventry has been arrested after police seized cash and drugs worth £400,000. The money and drugs...

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

Landlords are being reminded to remain attentive when viewing or inspecting rental homes in order to weed out tenants that may...

Ashfield District Council has joined forces with police officers in the Sutton area of Nottinghamshire to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords operating...

With a growing number of rental properties being targeted by gangs of cannabis cultivators looking to house their criminal activities, landlords...

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...

The government’s decision to extend the ban on evictions in England and Wales by a further two months has left victims...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, often leads...

A shocked landlord found a cannabis farm in one of his properties in West Bromwich. The landlord called the police after discovering...

Landlords are being urged to vet tenants carefully and watch out for the tell-tale signs that a property is being used as...

A buy-to-let landlord has been left in a state of shock after discovering what appears to be a 'deconstructed meth lab'...

The Liberal Democrats have launched their 2019 election manifesto, which sets out the polices the party aims to introduce should it...

Brexit, climate change and the environment, and education are the top three issues for tenants as they prepare to cast their...

Orbit, the owner of a number of buy-to-let properties in Coventry, could find itself in hot water over comments allegedly made...

There has been a notable increase in landlord insurance claims where properties have been damaged by people using them to grow...

A buy-to-let landlord in Sutton has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 after failing to provide acceptable living conditions for...

Private landlords in Newcastle have slammed the Labour Party’s proposed ‘right to buy’ policy that could see long-term tenants acquire buy-to-let...

Letting agents are being urged to do more to raise consumer awareness about rogue operators in the industry by demonstrating their...

Cheshire Police are appealing for landlords, along with letting agents and local residents to help crack down on organised crime gangs. Officers...

Private landlords will have a major say in a court case considering the future of the government’s Right to Rent scheme. The...

The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...

A rogue landlord has been fined £55,000 and ordered to pay court costs of £2,989.67 as well as a victim surcharge...

A private landlord in the Staffordshire was left horrified after nightmare tenants trashed her property and turned it into a drugs...

A shocked letting agent found a cannabis farm in of one of his landlord’s houses while filming for a Channel 5...

A private landlord who was reported to police for sending what has been described as a “threatening letter” to a letting...

A buy-to-let landlord will be sentenced today in Plymouth Crown Court after he admitted to using a secret camera to spy...

A BTL landlord who lost his cool during a heated exchange with a tenant over unpaid rent has been ordered to...

EU citizens may face problems getting rented accommodation in the UK after Brexit due to a lack of guidance for landlords...

Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has criticised policies of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne with regard to housing. Speaking at...

A tenant who was found guilty of deliberately burning down a property he was renting four years ago was sentenced to...

A buy-to-let landlord who used violence and intimidation to illegally evict his tenant has been handed a suspended jail sentence and...

The Home Office has announced that it plans to reassess its Right to Rent scheme that requires landlords in England to...

The government faces growing pressure to scrap Right to Rent, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, after the...

A buy-to-let landlord was killed while renovating a property she owns with her husband when a 6ft garden wall collapsed on...

Brent Council in north London looks set to take action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after ...

A rogue landlord deemed unfit to rent out property in the north London borough of Brent in 2015 has since received...

Dodgy solicitor Ross McKay, who helped a fraudster create a £10.8m property empire with the help of Tameside’s criminal underworld, has...

A Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent policy, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, will...

Trading standards will almost certainly need help from consumers to help police the ban on letting fees, according to PayProp. As part...

Campaigners opposed to mortgage lenders allowing landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits tried to voice their discontent over the...

A buy-to-let landlord in Edinburgh, who faces losing his license after evicting a young family, is appealing to his other tenants...

The High Court has shut down a Ponzi scheme operated by a property investment firm after ruling that it was misusing...

EU citizens living in the UK are at risk of facing some of the same difficulties caused for the Windrush generation...

A rogue agent and two lettings companies in north west London have been heavily fined for operating a dangerous unlicensed house...

More than 20 men were discovered living in cramped conditions in a three-bedroom house in north-west London during a raid by...

Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland are being reminded that new rules have been introduced which affect the way letting agencies are able...

A buy-to-let landlord who pushed a council employee out of one of his properties in Blackpool has been cleared of assault. Landlord...

The Home Office is to reconvene its Private Rented Sector (PRS) stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. The government plans to take...

The owner of a three-bedroom house in west London has not received a penny in rent despite her property being sub-let,...

A disgusting landlord has been ordered to pay a £5,000 fine plus £500 in costs, and handed 100 hours of unpaid...

A landlord faces prosecution after police found he had squeezed 31 beds into a very overcrowded three-bedroom house that had just...

With an increasing numbers of rental properties being targeted by gangs of cannabis cultivators looking to house their criminal activities, it...

Two buy-to-let landlords who allegedly offered an undercover journalist rent-free accommodation in exchange for sex are now the subject of a...

The government has been urged to introduce new legislation to outlaw the “scandalous” and “immoral” practice of sex for rent deals. Liz...

The government is hoping to improve standards in the private rented sector in Telford by handing £388,925 to Telford & Wrekin...

A buy-to-let landlord in Immingham, near Gimsby, has been ordered to pay £1,380 after being found guilty of renting an unlicensed...

A buy-to-let landlord in Nottinghamshire has been ordered to pay almost £6,500 after failing to comply with an improvement relating to...

When a landlord rented out a property in a quiet residential area in Plymouth Hoe last year, he had little cause...

The law has finally caught up with a letting agent who stole £22,000 from clients, including landlords. Peter Bell, now the former...

A buy-to-let landlord in Birmingham has been fined £25,000 after pleading guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court for regulation breaches in relation...

A pair of private landlords from Sheffield who harassed and illegal evicted their tenant have been handed suspended prison sentences. Mark Cashin...

A generous landlord, who has asked to remain anonymous, has donated one of her rental properties to Jose Ragoobeer, whose family...

An unscrupulous individual pretending to be a private landlord in order to scam more than £10,000 from unsuspecting tenants before going...

Police in Plymouth have seized up to £50,000 worth of cannabis in a raid. Officers searched a rented property in Plymouth Hoe,...

A major cannabis farm was discovered over the weekend at a house in Plymouth city centre after two police community support...

When a landlord let his property in Hartlepool to two cousins, he did not expect them to be sent to jail...

A furious tenant who sprayed offensive comments, such as ‘racist’, ‘Arab’ and ‘no means no’, across her landlord’s car after she...

Brent Council has once again vowed to clamp down on rogue landlords in the local area after 35 men we found...

A landlord has described her shock and horror after the home she rented out had been transformed into a cannabis farm. The...

A tenant in South Shields has pleaded guilty to racially abusing her landlord after she was threatened with eviction. Kelly Bonner, 31,...

Buy-to-let landlords allowing illegal immigrants to live in their properties may face jail after hundreds of people suspected of not having...

The Home Office is hoping to drive up standards in the private rented sector in Bristol by handing £321,750 to Bristol...

A landlord has been apprehended by the police for running over a tenant with his tractor and breaking her hip because...

No fewer than 16 men were found to be living in a one-bedroom flat filled with bunk beds made out of...

The Landlord team at Tozers Solicitors act for a wide variety of landlords, from social landlords with a mixed portfolio of...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay just over £2,800 after pleading guilty to a charge of ‘harassing an occupier...

The school summer holidays are almost here and there is a good chance that your tenants may be heading abroad for...

A letting agent responsible for managing a large buy-to-let portfolio in Norwich has been handed a 20-month suspended sentence for two...

West Lindsey District Council made a number of unannounced inspections of private rental homes in Gainsborough yesterday, supported by police officers,...

A landlord has been handed a £16,000 fine because his tenant would not stop playing loud music. Jason Duffield must pay the...

The UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord who banned ‘coloured people’ from renting his properties because ‘they make them...

A private tenant has pleaded guilty to cultivating up to £37,000 worth of cannabis at his rented flat in Dundee. The cannabis...

The first disqualification order against a private landlord north of the border has been granted by a court in Fife. The man,...

A landlord has been sentenced to six weeks in prison following the illegal evicting of one of his tenants and for...

The UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord Fergus Wilson has called in the police after receiving a tirade of...

With a growing number of buy-to-let landlords in London now using short-term letting platforms like Airbnb to breach the rules for...

A landlord has been found guilty of being in possession of stolen goods, having accepted £40,000 worth of stolen whisky in...

A private tenant in Motherwell faces a possible jail sentence after pleading guilty to producing cannabis at a flat in Addie...

Many landlords are being left with little alternative but to discriminate against international students as a result of the government’s Right...

Two cousins who turned their rental property in central Hartlepool into a drug factory were jailed yesterday. Mark Robbins, 42, and Sean...

A tenant in Yeovil has been ordered to pay just short of £500 after being found guilty of texting unacceptable photographs...

Airbnb’s announcement yesterday that it is banning hosts in London from renting out entire homes for more than 90 days a...

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

Private tenants can now verify a landlord's credentials for any UK rental opportunity following the launch of a new landlord checking...

Two tenants in Kingsbury, north-west London, have been handed fines totalling £4,500 after being convicted of obstructing a Brent Council housing...

Thousands of private tenants claim to have suffered abuse at the hands of landlords according to Shelter, which include threats, assaults...

A landlord who was jailed earlier this year after being found guilty of cultivating a cannabis crop of £75,000 in two...

A landlord has been accused of hurling homophobic abuse at his gay tenants, even after they moved out of his property.  The...

Vulnerable families are being exploited by ‘rogue landlords’ in the Govanhill area of Glasgow, according to a BBC Scotland investigation. The report...

Landlords are being reminded to remain attentive when viewing or inspecting rental homes in order to weed out tenants that may...

A fraudster who posed as a letting agent with the sole intention of stealing from landlords and tenants has been jailed...

A landlord has been fined £20,000 after a raid revealed that 28 tenants were residing in “unsafe” cramped conditions in a...

A landlord from Telford charged prospective tenants for credit checks that he failed to carry out, a court was told. Darren Stevens...

A shocked landlord found a cannabis farm in a Blackheath flat this week during a routine visit. The owner of the property...

A landlord in Southend has been slapped with a £39,000 fine for breaching regulations for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). Chelmsford Magistrates’...

Police are seeking a rogue tenant who posed as a landlord to con cash out of potential tenants for a studio...

Landlords and letting agents are being urged to help tackle “modern slavery” by Thames Valley police. Modern slavery is a growing issue...

A series of raids on privately let properties in the West Country appear to have taken place as a way of...

Evictions firm Landlord Action has questioned whether the government has enough resources in place to enforce new Section 21 measures introduced...

Police and housing officers raided an unused police station in Barking, East London and found up to 30 people living there. An...

The complexity of the Government’s plans to turn landlords into border police is seeing lawful tenants being refused housing, according to...

Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham Council swooped on three addresses in east London last week as part of clamp down...

Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud following the closure of east of England letting agency Kirby...

A local authority has refused to issue a private landlord licence after it was revealed the applicant had a conviction for...

Stay tuned tomorrow evening at 9pm for the first in a six-part Channel 5 series about subletting. ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’ follows...

On 9 June Ceyam Rahman, 24, of Whalley Range, pleaded guilty to seven offences and was hit with fines and costs...

Police are hunting for a man who posed as the landlord of the apartment he was renting in London, in order...

A landlord has been jailed for four years for cultivating cannabis. Sixty-year-old James Sullivan was thought to have been overseeing the cultivation...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is warning landlords about the increasing number of cannabis farms set up in private rented properties. The...

Victorious housing campaigner Lindsey Garrett from the New Era Estate in Hackney is taking on Labour and the Conservatives for the...

A tenant found in possession of drugs initially tried to pin the blame on his landlord. Police found £2,000 worth of cannabis...

The window of Foxtons estate agent in Brixton was smashed on Saturday as trouble erupted at an initially peaceful process against...