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16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a new tool for tenants to check on their landlords - and possibly claim...
19 November 2020
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Northampton council is seeking a so-called Charging Order against a landlord who failed to carry out improvements to her property and then...
28 October 2020
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A landlord in Winchester has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 in rent after a tribunal backed his tenants in a...
20 October 2020
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A man deemed not to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence for a house in multiple occupation...
19 September 2019
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Buy-to-let investors should be ‘extremely wary’ of buying property in an area affected by selective licensing rules because many local authorities...
15 February 2019
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A landlord in Stevenage who allowed his tenant to live in an excessively cold attic with a serious fire safety hazard...
23 January 2019
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A London-based property firm has been ordered to pay back 70% of their profits gained from renting poorly converted flats in...
20 November 2018
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Rogue landlords with properties in Scarborough now face fines of up to £30,000 as the local council looks to clampdown on...
16 November 2018
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An unscrupulous landlord who forced a tenant to live in appalling conditions has been ordered to repay more than £1,000 in...
30 August 2018
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Cheshire East Council has pledged to clampdown on rogue landlords who allow tenants to live in poor housing standards within the...
31 July 2018
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West Suffolk councils have agreed to clamp down on dodgy landlords by adopting new powers to tackle them, following a joint...
12 January 2018
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With less than two weeks until the new registration and licensing system in Wales, Rent Smart Wales, becomes a mandatory requirement, thousands...
10 November 2016
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Private landlord Pierce Mullally has been ordered to repay more than £3,000 for operating in Burnley without a proper licence. He admitted...
27 May 2016
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The Housing and Planning Bill, which includes measures to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents, should also address the issue of...
26 April 2016
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Liverpool City Council (LCC) has issued just 2% of licensing applications since launching its citywide landlord licensing scheme in April last...
08 February 2016
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The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published the full outcome of its consultation: Tackling rogue landlords and improving...