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Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been accused of a “disgusting offence” after installing a camera in the bathroom of a house he let...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Renting is changing. That’s what we keep being told by the Government as it prepares the ground for its renters’ reform...
23 April 2022
From: Rental 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...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Private landlords in a major UK city must now provide an emergency out-of-hours contact number for dealing with anti-social behaviour, the...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A council says it’s going to clampdown on landlords who are “keeping deposits unnecessarily” and agents “charging unpermitted fees.” The pledge comes...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Police have arrested a teenager who they found hiding in the loft of a rented house filled with cannabis plants -...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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The new housing minister is a landlord - and has already attracted criticism from some sections of the media. Yesterday Chris Pincher...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A London council has secured banning orders against four rogue landlords after they were found to be letting an unlicensed and...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A council is to unveil its latest initiatives for landlords via a webinar. West Berkshire council will be running a virtual landlord...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News

With over 40m Airbnb users across Europe and the US, and approximately 250,000 listings in the UK alone, the short-term accommodation...
29 January 2022
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Police have imposed a Closure Order on a property in Southampton under Section 80 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime & Policing Act. The...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Local media are reporting that landlords on a housing estate known to harbour drug traffickers and criminal gangs are being given...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A lodger who punched, kicked and bit his landlord after being challenged about his drinking has been jailed. Mickey Boots punched the...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme You and Yours says 4,746 rental scams have been reported to the police and...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A council says it’s working with police to target landlords which it claims are flouting the law and illegally eviction and...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Detectives are urging landlords to remain cautious following to discovery of a number of cannabis farms in rented properties. In the past...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords, tenants and residents in parts of Nottingham may be eligible for free home safety improvements to crackdown on burglary. Nottinghamshire police...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Three criminal landlords have paid £350,000 in fines after being found guilty of illegal ‘beds in sheds’. Brian Linskey and Catherine Hallahan...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A man who broke into the home of his prospective landlord and threatened him with a screwdriver has been jailed for...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords, letting agents and tenants in South Yorkshire are being warned about an increase in rental fraud. Local police there say they...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Legendary south of England landlord Fergus Wilson is reported to have been arrested after a dispute in which he allegedly called...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords are being urged to check their premises after officers recovered a huge stack of prepared cannabis from an empty café...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Camden council in north London has become the first local authority to secure an anti-social behaviour injunction against a landlord in...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who allowed vulnerable tenants to live in conditions without windows, proper washing facilities or fire safety measures at...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A Labour Party pressure group has tweeted the message: “All landlords are bastards.” The tweet, from Labour Tenants United, is the latest...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A Labour MP is proposing legislation which would mean that landlords who offer accommodation in exchange for sexual favours could be...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A man who tried to frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been jailed. Gerald Banyard,...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Direct Line Business Insurance has outlined seven tell-tale signs of cannabis cultivation, which it says is an increasing problem for landlords across...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A coalition of 20 pro-tenant organisations - including at least one actively campaigning against some government measures - wants a meeting...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A former tenant who tried two frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been convicted...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An expert assessment of the average cost of damage caused by rogue tenants growing cannabis suggests landlords will typically pay almost...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords have frequently not had obligatory ID checks conducted on them by letting agents, an industry supplier is claiming. Blinc UK says...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s a story that’s seldom told - how some tenants steal items from landlords’ properties when a tenancy ends. Now the Oxford...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent campaign group has entered the fray for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections which will be held in some...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Tuesday May 11, with many expecting this to be when the government confirms...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A pressure group for tenants wants the next Mayor of London to win powers from the government to reduce rents, through a...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
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A Labour housing pressure group has made strong public criticism of the party’s shadow housing spokeswoman, Thangam Debbonaire. Labour Tenants United was...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord refused entry to a property he owned has tipped off police who discovered a cannabis farm in the Nottinghamshire...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The eviction ban may have made life less stressful for tenants but a housing lawyer claims otherwise. David Renton, writing in the...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
21 March 2021
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A group of activists at the centre of campaigns for renters’ rights has claimed the police help landlords commit illegal acts. The London...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
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The activists group Acorn, which has staged several anti-landlord demonstrations including some outside homes, is opposing a new Bill going through...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News

With buy to let and traditional commercial property both under challenge thanks to government regulations and Coronavirus, the government is now...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists are aiming to make the eviction ban a central theme in this spring’s local elections. In early May there are elections...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in what a local council calls “a landmark...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An anarchist group has admitted that protests against landlords and letting agencies present opportunities for disruption. The Solidarity Federation says it aims to “advance...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A gas engineer was shocked to come across a large cannabis grow in a rental property after being called to change...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The owner of a property used for an illegal party has been fined by a London council for breaking lockdown. Police were called...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord has admitted voyeurism and has been handed a suspended prison sentence and placed on the sex offenders’ register for...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Both Labour and the Scottish National Party have spoken out over online platforms carrying advertisements from landlords seeking sexual favours in...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Police in Devon say they will be cracking down on holiday homes let by landlords in contravention of Coronavirus lockdown rules...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrats want Airbnb to ensure its landlords offer free accommodation to victims and survivors of domestic abuse in Tier 3...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who breached a court order not to harass or evict his tenants has been given a prison sentence. Saakib Khan,...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Members of a wealthy Blackburn family of landlords with a portfolio of properties have been sentenced for defrauding the Department for...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Acorn group of rental activists has created a detailed crib sheet of responses to a council consultation on landlord licensing. Acorn,...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Seven Emergency Prohibition Orders have been served on one landlord by a Nottinghamshire Police force and local authority. The seven properties in...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been prosecuted following the death of a tenant in a house fire at an HMO said to have...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A London landlord who ignored six enforcement notices served by his local council has been ordered to pay over £300,000. Salim Mussa Patel...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Financial Conduct Authority wants to find people who unwittingly invested in an unauthorised land banking scheme - they may be...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord says he feared for his safety and locked himself in his bedroom following a drunken rampage by a tenant. The...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord who unlawfully let cramped and overcrowded bedsits and then harassed tenants who complained has been fined thousands of pounds...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords are being urged to remain attentive when viewing or inspecting rental homes in order to weed out tenants that may...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A letting agent in Nottinghamshire stole close to £30,000 from several landlord clients and tenants to help prevent his business from...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The landlord of two properties in Coventry has been arrested after police seized cash and drugs worth £400,000. The money and drugs...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

As a landlord, it’s vital to conduct periodic inspections throughout each tenancy to ensure that the condition of your rental property...
17 August 2020
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Landlords are being reminded to remain attentive when viewing or inspecting rental homes in order to weed out tenants that may...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Ashfield District Council has joined forces with police officers in the Sutton area of Nottinghamshire to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords operating...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

With a growing number of rental properties being targeted by gangs of cannabis cultivators looking to house their criminal activities, landlords...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The government’s decision to extend the ban on evictions in England and Wales by a further two months has left victims...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, often leads...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A shocked landlord found a cannabis farm in one of his properties in West Bromwich. The landlord called the police after discovering...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords are being urged to vet tenants carefully and watch out for the tell-tale signs that a property is being used as...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been left in a state of shock after discovering what appears to be a 'deconstructed meth lab'...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrats have launched their 2019 election manifesto, which sets out the polices the party aims to introduce should it...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Brexit, climate change and the environment, and education are the top three issues for tenants as they prepare to cast their...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Orbit, the owner of a number of buy-to-let properties in Coventry, could find itself in hot water over comments allegedly made...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a notable increase in landlord insurance claims where properties have been damaged by people using them to grow...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord in Sutton has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 after failing to provide acceptable living conditions for...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being urged to do more to raise consumer awareness about rogue operators in the industry by demonstrating their...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Cheshire Police are appealing for landlords, along with letting agents and local residents to help crack down on organised crime gangs. Officers...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Private landlords will have a major say in a court case considering the future of the government’s Right to Rent scheme. The...
10 July 2019
From: Rental Reform

The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been fined £55,000 and ordered to pay court costs of £2,989.67 as well as a victim surcharge...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A private landlord in the Staffordshire was left horrified after nightmare tenants trashed her property and turned it into a drugs...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A shocked letting agent found a cannabis farm in of one of his landlord’s houses while filming for a Channel 5...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A private landlord who was reported to police for sending what has been described as a “threatening letter” to a letting...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord will be sentenced today in Plymouth Crown Court after he admitted to using a secret camera to spy...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A BTL landlord who lost his cool during a heated exchange with a tenant over unpaid rent has been ordered to...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News

EU citizens may face problems getting rented accommodation in the UK after Brexit due to a lack of guidance for landlords...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has criticised policies of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne with regard to housing. Speaking at...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A tenant who was found guilty of deliberately burning down a property he was renting four years ago was sentenced to...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord who used violence and intimidation to illegally evict his tenant has been handed a suspended jail sentence and...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The Home Office has announced that it plans to reassess its Right to Rent scheme that requires landlords in England to...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The government faces growing pressure to scrap Right to Rent, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, after the...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord was killed while renovating a property she owns with her husband when a 6ft garden wall collapsed on...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Brent Council in north London looks set to take action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after ...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord deemed unfit to rent out property in the north London borough of Brent in 2015 has since received...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Dodgy solicitor Ross McKay, who helped a fraudster create a £10.8m property empire with the help of Tameside’s criminal underworld, has...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent policy, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, will...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Trading standards will almost certainly need help from consumers to help police the ban on letting fees, according to PayProp. As part...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Campaigners opposed to mortgage lenders allowing landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits tried to voice their discontent over the...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord in Edinburgh, who faces losing his license after evicting a young family, is appealing to his other tenants...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The High Court has shut down a Ponzi scheme operated by a property investment firm after ruling that it was misusing...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News

EU citizens living in the UK are at risk of facing some of the same difficulties caused for the Windrush generation...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A rogue agent and two lettings companies in north west London have been heavily fined for operating a dangerous unlicensed house...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

More than 20 men were discovered living in cramped conditions in a three-bedroom house in north-west London during a raid by...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland are being reminded that new rules have been introduced which affect the way letting agencies are able...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord who pushed a council employee out of one of his properties in Blackpool has been cleared of assault. Landlord...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Home Office is to reconvene its Private Rented Sector (PRS) stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. The government plans to take...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The owner of a three-bedroom house in west London has not received a penny in rent despite her property being sub-let,...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A disgusting landlord has been ordered to pay a £5,000 fine plus £500 in costs, and handed 100 hours of unpaid...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord faces prosecution after police found he had squeezed 31 beds into a very overcrowded three-bedroom house that had just...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

With an increasing numbers of rental properties being targeted by gangs of cannabis cultivators looking to house their criminal activities, it...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Two buy-to-let landlords who allegedly offered an undercover journalist rent-free accommodation in exchange for sex are now the subject of a...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has been urged to introduce new legislation to outlaw the “scandalous” and “immoral” practice of sex for rent deals. Liz...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The government is hoping to improve standards in the private rented sector in Telford by handing £388,925 to Telford & Wrekin...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord in Immingham, near Gimsby, has been ordered to pay £1,380 after being found guilty of renting an unlicensed...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord in Nottinghamshire has been ordered to pay almost £6,500 after failing to comply with an improvement relating to...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

When a landlord rented out a property in a quiet residential area in Plymouth Hoe last year, he had little cause...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The law has finally caught up with a letting agent who stole £22,000 from clients, including landlords. Peter Bell, now the former...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord in Birmingham has been fined £25,000 after pleading guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court for regulation breaches in relation...
10 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A pair of private landlords from Sheffield who harassed and illegal evicted their tenant have been handed suspended prison sentences. Mark Cashin...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A generous landlord, who has asked to remain anonymous, has donated one of her rental properties to Jose Ragoobeer, whose family...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News

An unscrupulous individual pretending to be a private landlord in order to scam more than £10,000 from unsuspecting tenants before going...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Police in Plymouth have seized up to £50,000 worth of cannabis in a raid. Officers searched a rented property in Plymouth Hoe,...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A major cannabis farm was discovered over the weekend at a house in Plymouth city centre after two police community support...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News

When a landlord let his property in Hartlepool to two cousins, he did not expect them to be sent to jail...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A furious tenant who sprayed offensive comments, such as ‘racist’, ‘Arab’ and ‘no means no’, across her landlord’s car after she...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Brent Council has once again vowed to clamp down on rogue landlords in the local area after 35 men we found...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has described her shock and horror after the home she rented out had been transformed into a cannabis farm. The...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A tenant in South Shields has pleaded guilty to racially abusing her landlord after she was threatened with eviction. Kelly Bonner, 31,...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords allowing illegal immigrants to live in their properties may face jail after hundreds of people suspected of not having...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Home Office is hoping to drive up standards in the private rented sector in Bristol by handing £321,750 to Bristol...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been apprehended by the police for running over a tenant with his tractor and breaking her hip because...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 16 men were found to be living in a one-bedroom flat filled with bunk beds made out of...
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Landlord team at Tozers Solicitors act for a wide variety of landlords, from social landlords with a mixed portfolio of...
19 July 2017
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A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay just over £2,800 after pleading guilty to a charge of ‘harassing an occupier...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The school summer holidays are almost here and there is a good chance that your tenants may be heading abroad for...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A letting agent responsible for managing a large buy-to-let portfolio in Norwich has been handed a 20-month suspended sentence for two...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

West Lindsey District Council made a number of unannounced inspections of private rental homes in Gainsborough yesterday, supported by police officers,...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been handed a £16,000 fine because his tenant would not stop playing loud music. Jason Duffield must pay the...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord who banned ‘coloured people’ from renting his properties because ‘they make them...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A private tenant has pleaded guilty to cultivating up to £37,000 worth of cannabis at his rented flat in Dundee. The cannabis...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The first disqualification order against a private landlord north of the border has been granted by a court in Fife. The man,...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been sentenced to six weeks in prison following the illegal evicting of one of his tenants and for...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord Fergus Wilson has called in the police after receiving a tirade of...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

With a growing number of buy-to-let landlords in London now using short-term letting platforms like Airbnb to breach the rules for...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been found guilty of being in possession of stolen goods, having accepted £40,000 worth of stolen whisky in...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A private tenant in Motherwell faces a possible jail sentence after pleading guilty to producing cannabis at a flat in Addie...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Many landlords are being left with little alternative but to discriminate against international students as a result of the government’s Right...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Two cousins who turned their rental property in central Hartlepool into a drug factory were jailed yesterday. Mark Robbins, 42, and Sean...
17 January 2017
From: Breaking News

A tenant in Yeovil has been ordered to pay just short of £500 after being found guilty of texting unacceptable photographs...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Airbnb’s announcement yesterday that it is banning hosts in London from renting out entire homes for more than 90 days a...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Don Valley MP Caroline Flint is calling for selective licensing to be extended across the borough, after visiting Newham in London,...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Private tenants can now verify a landlord's credentials for any UK rental opportunity following the launch of a new landlord checking...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Two tenants in Kingsbury, north-west London, have been handed fines totalling £4,500 after being convicted of obstructing a Brent Council housing...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Thousands of private tenants claim to have suffered abuse at the hands of landlords according to Shelter, which include threats, assaults...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord who was jailed earlier this year after being found guilty of cultivating a cannabis crop of £75,000 in two...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been accused of hurling homophobic abuse at his gay tenants, even after they moved out of his property. The...
30 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Vulnerable families are being exploited by ‘rogue landlords’ in the Govanhill area of Glasgow, according to a BBC Scotland investigation. The report...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords are being reminded to remain attentive when viewing or inspecting rental homes in order to weed out tenants that may...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A fraudster who posed as a letting agent with the sole intention of stealing from landlords and tenants has been jailed...
02 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined £20,000 after a raid revealed that 28 tenants were residing in “unsafe” cramped conditions in a...
07 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord from Telford charged prospective tenants for credit checks that he failed to carry out, a court was told. Darren Stevens...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A shocked landlord found a cannabis farm in a Blackheath flat this week during a routine visit. The owner of the property...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord in Southend has been slapped with a £39,000 fine for breaching regulations for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). Chelmsford Magistrates’...
16 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Police are seeking a rogue tenant who posed as a landlord to con cash out of potential tenants for a studio...
22 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Landlords and letting agents are being urged to help tackle “modern slavery” by Thames Valley police. Modern slavery is a growing issue...
07 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A series of raids on privately let properties in the West Country appear to have taken place as a way of...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Evictions firm Landlord Action has questioned whether the government has enough resources in place to enforce new Section 21 measures introduced...
02 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Police and housing officers raided an unused police station in Barking, East London and found up to 30 people living there. An...
10 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The complexity of the Government’s plans to turn landlords into border police is seeing lawful tenants being refused housing, according to...
08 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham Council swooped on three addresses in east London last week as part of clamp down...
17 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud following the closure of east of England letting agency Kirby...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A local authority has refused to issue a private landlord licence after it was revealed the applicant had a conviction for...
30 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Stay tuned tomorrow evening at 9pm for the first in a six-part Channel 5 series about subletting. ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’ follows...
23 June 2015
From: Breaking News

On 9 June Ceyam Rahman, 24, of Whalley Range, pleaded guilty to seven offences and was hit with fines and costs...
22 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Police are hunting for a man who posed as the landlord of the apartment he was renting in London, in order...
17 June 2015
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been jailed for four years for cultivating cannabis. Sixty-year-old James Sullivan was thought to have been overseeing the cultivation...
11 June 2015
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is warning landlords about the increasing number of cannabis farms set up in private rented properties. The...
10 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Victorious housing campaigner Lindsey Garrett from the New Era Estate in Hackney is taking on Labour and the Conservatives for the...
15 May 2015
From: Breaking News

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