Fines for rogue landlords and agents in London have surged past the £10 million mark. With 19 council licensing schemes and...
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent. It has this week issued a statement saying the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord in London has been ordered to refund 12 months’ rent to tenants after failing to license their HMO. The fine...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leader of activist group Generation Rent have teamed up for an anti-damp and mouldy...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s being forecast that there are likely to be major changes made to the Renters Reform Bill during its next stage...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The London Landlord Accreditation Scheme is hosting a virtual conference and training day in the New Year. It promises to “bring you...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour council claims to have a pioneering scheme to get refunds from law breaking landlords. Local media in York say the...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour council says local landlords have only a week to apply for a licence before a big rise in the...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament next...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A not-for-profit business that advocates tenants use Rent Repayment Orders against landlords has issued a furious response to a Supreme Court...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The landlords’ trade body is welcoming a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court which provides vital clarification about so called ‘rent-to-rent’...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A London landlord has been fined £2,500 by the local council for letting an unlicensed HMO. The fine was issued after the...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has once again declined to give any meaningful timetable for the introduction of the Renters Reform Bill. At the end...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A tribunal has ordered a student accommodation management company to refund more than £84,000 in rent after it ran an unlicensed...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A recent judgement may mean that future Rent Repayment Orders may be less severe than those in the past. Many Rent Repayment...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech firm Kamma says total fines for agents and landlords have now topped £8m in London alone with a £238,000 increase...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been fined £7,500 for letting an unlicensed HMO. Having ignored numerous requests and failing to renew the St Helen’s...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A London landlord has been fined £1,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO in Tottenham. Having ignored numerous requests and failing to renew...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Two tenants who were amongst a group of activists in a battle with their landlord have written in a left-wing journal...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The architects of the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper have been housing minister Eddie Hughes MP, Housing Secretary Michael Gove...
18 June 2022
From: Rental Reform
A landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO in London. The fine was issued by Haringey council after the...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A London landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO. The fine was issued after the landlord ignored repeated warnings...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A non-profit organisation called Justice For Tenants has spearheaded a campaign which has ultimately led to a Rent Repayment Order being...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Rogue landlords in one area of London could face unlimited fines, criminal convictions and bans from letting out properties. The measures are...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A London council has prosecuted a rogue landlord after a 30 month saga regarding the condition of an apartment. Richmond council received a...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been fined £24,750 and told to repay his tenants almost £47,000 in rent. In December 2018, Preston council responded...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A Labour-controlled local authority with a reputation for clampdowns on rogue landyhas issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Fines for landlords and lettings agents in Greater London have soared from just £22,000 in May to a huge £139,146 in...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A one-time promoter of The Rolling Stones was so busy on the road that he forgot to get an HMO licence...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News
There are now 10 councils with licensing schemes covering more than 20 per cent of the rental market according to activists’...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord who failed to licence his property has been ordered to pay back over £5,000 in rent. Michael Convery from Belfast...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A Crown Court judge has ordered a landlord to pay back almost £750,000 in illicit earnings made from overcrowded properties in...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A London council is running what it describes as “an innovative project” to help private tenants reclaim rent from landlords who...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord who failed to licence his properties has been ordered to pay back over £8,000 in rent. Dexter Blackstock, a former...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading officer in a Labour council which has in the past taken landlords to court says this process is so...
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Unscrupulous landlords in the East End of London been ordered to pay more than £100,000 over the past 12 months for...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord in Bristol has been forced to hand £1,569 back to the council for housing benefit payments he received. Charles...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A man deemed not to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence for a house in multiple occupation...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A landlord in Stevenage who allowed his tenant to live in an excessively cold attic with a serious fire safety hazard...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Cheshire East Council has pledged to clampdown on rogue landlords who allow tenants to live in poor housing standards within the...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News
West Suffolk councils have agreed to clamp down on dodgy landlords by adopting new powers to tackle them, following a joint...
12 January 2018
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
The Housing and Planning Bill, which includes measures to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents, should also address the issue of...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Liverpool City Council (LCC) has issued just 2% of licensing applications since launching its citywide landlord licensing scheme in April last...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published the full outcome of its consultation: Tackling rogue landlords and improving...