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Two landlords of a property in East London have been ordered to pay costs and fines totalling £61,057.05 after they were prosecuted...

A property company and its sole director landlord have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £50,000 in fines and...

A landlord and a property company have a total of over £90,000 to pay after being found guilty of 27 charges...

Only 39 rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with banning orders in the first three years of their existence. The...

A landlord has been handed penalties totalling nearly £8,000 after being found guilty of operating an unlicensed HMO. This follows an investigation...

A rogue landlord has been hit with a bill of £48,000 - a record for the council which brought the prosecution. Tariq...

A landlord who allowed his tenants to live in squalid conditions, has been ordered by the court to pay £5,000 for...

A serial-offender landlord has been fined for putting tenants at serious harm from fire and exposing them to substandard and dangerous conditions. Nilendu...

A landlord who illegally turned a London property into 13 flats has been hit by nearly £200,000 in fines, costs and...

A Labour-controlled council says it’s confident a huge new licensing scheme for one of Britain’s most high-profile cities will be voted...

Activists from the Acorn campaign are pressing a council to get tough on landlords. Acorn has waged anti-landlord and anti-letting agent campaigns...

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

A four year ban on letting any residential property has been imposed on a landlord found guilty of using accommodation that could...

A Crown Court judge has ordered a landlord to pay back almost £750,000 in illicit earnings made from overcrowded properties in...

A London council is running what it describes as “an innovative project” to help private tenants reclaim rent from landlords who...

A Conservative MP is weighing in, in support of landlords arguing against a £700 licensing fee by the local council.  James Duddridge,...

Two landlords have to pay almost £8,000 for letting their flats in defiance of a Prohibition Order.  The order came into force...

Two men - one a landlord, the other a shopkeeper- have been jailed after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. Mushtaq...

A landlord in south west of England has been given a nine month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, following a...

A London authority wants to extend its licensing regime for HMOs and landlords have just over two weeks left to respond. Lambeth...

A landlord’s firm has been fined after waste accumulated in the rear yard of a tenanted property. Elahi Properties of Blackburn was...

Two landlords who illegally let a London property without providing proper washing facilities or tackling serious fire hazards have been taken to...

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

A landlord who did not secure the deposit of two students has been ordered to pay them £2,800.  The order was made...

Two men have been ordered to pay almost £8,000 for letting out flats in defiance of regulations designed to keep tenants...

A landlord has been hit with a fine of over £600 after failing to comply with an improvement notice - jeopardising...

A landlord who let out a former bank vault as an illegal flat described by the local council as “dangerous” has...

A landlord who failed to improve his rental property, leaving his tenants in dangerous conditions, has been fined. Haroon Karim from Nottingham...

A landlord who committed 33 offences at a property he owns has been issued with civil penalties totalling £50,500. Zaheer Uddin Babar,...

A landlord has been hit with what a local authority calls a record £66,000 fine after being found guilty of letting...

A landlord leader has hit out at a council’s selective licensing scheme, suggesting it is “bureaucracy for bureaucracy’s sake” and nothing...

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

A landlord has been ordered to pay £3,928.44 after failing to licence two properties he has been letting out in Nottingham.  Jaswinder...

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

A London landlord must pay over £280,000 in three months after housing eight people in a flat deems illegal for even...

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

A landlord who failed to properly look after two HMOs has been fined £70,500 by an Essex council. Lystra Dorval, of Ilford,...

Mark Horsey, a landlord who has been convicted of voyeurism, has now been banned from continuing to work in the financial...

A council in the westcountry says it’s going to come down hard on rogue landlords and has identified ‘high risk’ properties...

Northampton council is seeking a so-called Charging Order against a landlord who failed to carry out improvements to her property and then...

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

A council has prosecuted a local landlord for failing to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of his tenants. Eastleigh council took...

A petition created by the Generation Rent group of activists and seeking a national landlord register appears to be struggling to...

Two landlords have been fined over £100,000 after 35 people were found living in what a judge called “criminally improper conditions.” Arun...

A landlord in Winchester has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 in rent after a tribunal backed his tenants in a...

A collapsing ceiling, filthy facilities, and an abandoned car are among the dangerous defects leading to a Banbury landlord facing a...

A landlord has been ordered to pay his ex-tenant £1,500 after failing to protect her deposit with an approved scheme. The Housing...

Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...

The Generation Rent campaign says a mandatory landlord register is necessary - and would have stopped the actions of a rogue...

A landlord who unlawfully let cramped and overcrowded bedsits and then harassed tenants who complained has been fined thousands of pounds...

Channel 5 will continue to provide an insight into a number of tenants and landlords across the UK, as feuds between...

There has been a sharp rise in illegal evictions by rogue landlords, it has been claimed.  According to The Independent, illegal evictions...

Buy-to-let landlords in Bury now face the prospect of major fines if they are caught providing tenants with unsafe and substandard...

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

Buy-to-let landlords with a rental property in Harrow have just a few weeks left to have their say in a consultation...

A new licensing scheme designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords has been put forward for consideration by  Liverpool City Council. The new...

Unscrupulous landlords in the East End of London been ordered to pay more than £100,000 over the past 12 months for...

A buy-to-let landlord in Bristol has been ordered to repay more than £3,000 following investigations by the council’s Private Housing Rogue...

Harrow Council is looking to renew its landlord licensing scheme in Edgware, enabling tougher enforcement action on rogue landlords. It is consulting...

Southwark Council has given the go-ahead for the introduction of a new licensing scheme which could see landlords across the borough...

Fresh research shows almost half of landlords are considering divesting their portfolios and leaving the PRS due to an increase in regulation...

An amendment is urgently required to the Renters’ Reform Bill to prosecute “sex for rent” landlords and reassure victims that they...

A private landlord has been prosecuted by Bristol City Council for providing private rented accommodation that posed a “serious risk to life”.  Nine...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay back a whopping £190,000 after he was caught receiving rental from illegal flats. A...

A buy-to-let landlord in Liverpool has been ordered to pay almost £9.500 after failing to provide acceptable living conditions for his...

An unscrupulous landlord who illegally rented out properties in Fife has been sentenced to two years in prison after failing to...

Given that the number of people living in private rented accommodation has grown, doubling in the past three decades, renters are...

The latest data demonstrates the failure of government policy for the private rented sector, which in turn is having an adverse...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay just over £90,000 for repeatedly ignoring selective licensing laws in north London.  Stephen Ige...

While some rogue landlords and bad players grab the headlines, the reality is that the vast majority of private sector landlords...

The government’s decision to invest an additional £4m in funding for local councils to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents has...

A rogue landlord in Gainsborough will be sentenced later this month after being found guilty of unlawful harassment towards his tenants...

An unscrupulous landlord has been fined £27,000 over an unlicensed HMO in Luton with multiple fire and safety breaches. ​ Luton Magistrates Court...

A rogue landlord who squeezed 15 people into a modest home in west London has been ordered to pay more than...

A rogue landlord in Doncaster has been given a banning order for two-and-a-half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk...

Slough Borough Council has taken action against an unscrupulous landlord in Slough who to date has refused to pay a fine...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay more than £150,000 after failing to fix several safety hazards in his property. Officers from...

City of York Council has vowed to crack down on rogue landlords looking to exploit the housing market, as part of...

Brent Council in north London will be taking action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after  17...

A rogue landlord who repeatedly rented out a substandard property in Yeadon, West Yorkshire, has been fined more than £25,000. Jack Collins,...

Communicating with tenants can be a tricky business. The appropriate method and style of communication is usually determined by the relationship between...

Labour has pledged to clampdown on rogue landlords and restrict rent hikes in England if it wins next month’s general election.  A...

London’s first rogue landlord banning order has been issued after tenants’ lives were put at risk through the letting of unsafe...

A buy-to-let landlord in Sutton has been fined £2,694 and ordered to pay £1,994 in costs and a victim surcharge of...

Marks Out Of Tenancy, a letting review website, has launched a digital service to help local authorities crackdown on unscrupulous landlords...

Proposals for a national register of landlords have been rejected by the government.  A report on the joint research project between the...

Fresh funding for local councils in England to tackle unscrupulous landlords has been made available, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

A buy-to-let landlord in Worcester has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 for operating an unlicensed House of Multiple Occupation (HMO)...

Unscrupulous landlords in the London Borough of Hackney face more stringent regulation after Hackney Council agreed to new property licensing powers...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay almost £4,000 after tenants were discovered living in an appalling and unsafe property.  Officers...

A new PRS interactive learning toolkit for local authorities to help them take action against rogue landlords and letting agents has...

A man deemed not to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence for a house in multiple occupation...

Following the introduction of new HMO licences in Hackney, east London, the local council has taken legal action against four landlords...

A council used a plane with thermal imaging to catch unscrupulous landlords that allowed tenants to live in substandard conditions.  Several people...

A landlord has been penalised for operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupancy  (HMO) in south London. Fouad Ahmad, from Streatham, pleaded...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay £47,500 after council officers found 11 people living in a small flat in...

A buy-to-let landlord who claimed that he needed a council home has been ordered to pay back more than £48,000 or...

An unscrupulous landlord who housed at least 25 tenants in a rundown property in north-west London has been ordered to pay...

Introducing a ‘rogue landlords’ database without better enforcement would be a pointless exercise, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). A rogue...

An unscrupulous landlord in Chesterfield has been ordered to pay a total of £5,684.91 after being prosecuted by a second time...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) is calling on local authorities to take much firmer action against rogue letting agents that tarnish...

A rogue landlord in north London has been ordered to pay more than £66,000 after being found guilty of making tenants'...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay a fine of £10,000 after being convicted for renting out two unlicensed properties...

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 rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house in east London into two flats...

The Scottish government is consulting on introducing rent controls north of the border with a view to protecting private sector tenants...

Plans to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Barking and Dagenham has been approved by the government. Under...

An unscrupulous landlord has been told to pay close to £25,000 after being prosecuted for renting out rooms in an unlicensed...

A buy-to-let landlord who converted a flat in London Bridge into ‘cramped bedsits’ without planning consent has been ordered to pay...

Fresh guidance for local authorities to crackdown on rogue landlords has been unveiled by housing minister Heather Wheeler. Local authorities across the...

Buy-to-let landlords will need to pay £1,200 for a licence to rent their properties in Bristol as part of the local...

A buy-to-let landlord who allowed tenants to occupy rooms without windows after failing to get planning consent for a block of...

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

A Labour government would aim to address what it sees as a ‘power imbalance’ between landlords and renters by introducing “indefinite”...

Local authorities across England are spending significantly less on dealing with rogue landlords than in 2009-10, new research shows. According to Residential...

An unscrupulous landlord who converted three family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning consent has been jailed for...

Who are you?  Paul Shamplina What does it say on your business card? Founder and Director of Landlord Action and Brand Ambassador of...

Buy-to-let investors should be ‘extremely wary’ of buying property in an area affected by selective licensing rules because many local authorities...

A rogue landlord who allowed a family to live in a house described as “unfit for human habitation” has been fined...

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

Luton Council has successfully prosecuted an unscrupulous landlord for letting three unlicensed houses in which several people lived in squalor. Zenith Accommodation...

A landlord in Stevenage who allowed his tenant to live in an excessively cold attic with a serious fire safety hazard...

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

Buy-to-let landlords are “getting away with murder” according to Advice4Renters, after new figures revealed that just two out of almost 2,000...

Barnet Council is planning to introduce a stricter licensing scheme designed to clampdown on rogue landlords across the borough in north...

Close to £2.4m of additional funding designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords will be made available for more than 50 councils...

An unscrupulous landlord has been punished for providing his tenant with poor living conditions by being ordered to pay more than...

A family of slum landlords who crammed 31 people into a suburban four-bedroom house has been ordered to pay back almost...

Havering Council continued to clampdown on rogue landlords in 2018, with new figures revealing that the local authority issued just over...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill will soon become law after passing its third reading at the House of Lords...

Tenants are on the verge of being handed fresh powers to take action against rogue landlords thanks to the Homes (Fitness...

Rogue landlords who converted terrace houses into shoebox flats without planning permission have been ordered to re-pay illegal income or face...

A notorious rogue landlord who illegally built a number of tiny bedsits across North West London has been ordered to pay...

Having ignored calls to stop punishing landlords and rethink its stamp duty attack on the buy-to-let sector, along with the phasing out of mortgage...

A woman who repeatedly ignored council orders to stop renting ‘beds in sheds’ has been ordered to pay back almost £450,000...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay close to £30,000 after being found guilty of a number of breaches relating...

More than three months on from the introduction of a selective licensing scheme in Nottingham, thousands of landlords remain unlicensed because...

Rogue landlords with properties in Scarborough now face fines of up to £30,000 as the local council looks to clampdown on...

Yesterday’s announcement that councils in England are going to be handed an additional £2m in government funding to tackle the small...

Tenants look set to be given more powers to take action against rogue landlords renting out properties “unfit for human habitation”,...

Tenants will be offered access to the government’s rogue landlord database under fresh plans unveiled by Theresa May. The Prime Minister was...

A rogue landlord whose tenants were living in degrading conditions has been ordered to pay £9,000. Housing enforcement officers from Harrow Council...

The government’s attempts to clampdown on rogue landlords have been branded ‘weak and pathetic’, partly due to the vast and complex...

A landlord in Ilford, Essex, who allowed 23 people to live in overcrowded conditions has been fined £7,500. Tenants in a house...

Middlesborough Council is hoping to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords operating in the Newport ward, particularly in and around the Gresham area,...

An unscrupulous landlord who crammed six families into a three-bedroom house has been ordered to pay just under £3,000 by a...

The Liberal Democrats once again called for the introduction of mandatory licensing for PRS homes as well as a publicly available...

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has vowed to clampdown on rogue landlords who allow tenants to live in poor housing standards in...

Trading Standards services in London are warning landlords and letting agents to ensure that they comply with the law and not...

An unscrupulous landlord whose tenants were living in degrading and hazardous conditions has been banned from renting out his property. Several complaints...

Councils must do more to root out unscrupulous landlords that give the sector a bad name, according to the Residential Landlords...

A briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes has been published by the House of Commons ahead of the Report Stage and...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay more than £37,000 for allowing tenants to live in what inspectors described as...

Licensing schemes can serve purposes which are indisputably genuine and valid. They can, however, also be used as money-making schemes, particularly...

An unscrupulous landlord who forced a tenant to live in appalling conditions has been ordered to repay more than £1,000 in...

Brent Council officers discovered 15 men crammed inside a two-bedroom bungalow during an enforcement raid yesterday morning. Tenants were found sleeping on...

Short-let landlords, including those that list properties on Airbnb, will be able to apply for national accreditation from next month, as...

Nottingham City Council became the latest local authority to introduce a landlord licensing scheme last week in an attempt to clampdown...

Changes to the buy-to-let tax regime are squeezing landlords’ margins, yet many are thinking about exiting the private rented sector not...

A buy-to-let landlord has been found guilty of aggressive practices, failing to protect a tenancy deposit and operating an unlicensed House...

Cheshire East Council has pledged to clampdown on rogue landlords who allow tenants to live in poor housing standards within the...

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

One of the UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord who last year banned ‘coloured people’ from renting any of...

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for thousands of private landlords –...

Rogue landlords who break the law and exploit vulnerable tenants often make headlines, but spare a thought for landlords who are...

Rogue landlords in Ashford will now face fines of up to £30,000 after Ashford Borough Council voted to adopt new rules...

A rogue landlord letting a cold, damp property with a lack of hot water and heating has been ordered to pay...

The government has launched new online information designed to help renters and landlords know their rights. The rental guides, published by the...

Brent Council insists that it wants to build better relationships with private landlords after successfully winning close to 150 prosecution cases...

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

One of the most active councils in London when it comes to prosecuting rogue landlords and letting agents has now extended...

BTL landlords in Redbridge will have to abide by tougher rules after new rental licensing conditions proposed by Redbridge Council were...

A rogue landlord who swindled £28,000 from a family friend has been sentenced to four years in prison. Mark Thorogood of Maelgwyn...

A landlord who built an outbuilding and converted it into eight small flats without planning consent has been ordered to pay...

Criminal landlords across London will be named and shamed on an online database after all London boroughs signed up to a rogue...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 after being found guilty of a number of breaches relating to...

When ex-social worker and professional landlord Leslie-Ann acquired the 18th century two-bedroom cottage she lives next door to four years ago,...

A Labour councillor tasked with clamping down on rogue landlords has found herself in hot water after failing to declare a...

A combination of tax reform and stricter regulation for landlords is slowing the growth of the private rented sector (PRS), but private...

Local authorities should be given the power to confiscate properties from landlords who break the law, according to a committee of...

A rogue landlord who left tenants living in substandard conditions in Selly Oak and Edgbaston has been ordered to pay in...

Tenant referencing provides all the background information on prospective tenants, helping landlords and letting agents make an educated choice about who...

The government must focus on urgently improving dangerous housing conditions across the country after new figures revealed that thousands of private...

An ‘unsafe’ house in multiple occupation (HMO) in north London has been uncovered by enforcement officers from Brent Council following a...

New ‘Home Safety Guidance’ has been released by the Electrical Safety Roundtable (ESR) to help landlords meet their obligations and ensure...

Doncaster Council’s Cabinet will be discussing new ways to tackle rogue landlords at their meeting later today. The proposal is to introduce...

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is ‘missing the opportunity’ to assess fire safety regulations across all types...

Unscrupulous landlords who rent out substandard properties face being driven out of the private rented sector as new banning orders are...

Rogue landlords in Milton Keynes are being put on notice as the local council announces a new ‘tough approach’, including the...

A buy-to-let investor, who previously spent time in prison for perjury after he lied during an inquiry into the deaths of...

A new TV show called ‘Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords’, a companion series to ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’, starts today. Following the success...

ARLA Propertymark has slammed the new database of rogue landlords and letting agents, which will come into effect from tomorrow, as...

A Conservative councillor has been ordered to pay more than £57,000 after being taken to court by his own council for...

The security deposits that tenants leave with their landlord or their letting agent could be capped at no more than five...

A buy-to-let landlord who rented out a converted British Telecom station in Osterley without consent has been ordered to pay over...

Unscrupulous landlords in Hackney, east London, who leave tenants living in substandard conditions, will be forced to improve the condition of...

Councils will be handed tough new powers to punish rogue landlords up to £30,000. Under the new legislation, being introduced in October,...

Councils are being urged to do more to crack down on rogue landlords who are leaving thousands of tenants living in...

A rogue landlord has been fined in excess of £20,000 after renting a single house out to three separate families. Veli Bunul...

Plans to introduce a new rental complaints system to help support private tenants who are forced to live in shoddy housing...

Rotherham Council wants to do more to protect private tenants by using tougher new laws to clamp down on rogue landlords. Local...

Three tenants who sub-let a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Kingsbury, north-west London, to 35 men have been fined more than 23,000. The residents...

A private landlord in Lincoln has been fined more than £10,000 after being caught breaking safety rules for a second time. Missing...

Plans to introduce new licensing schemes for privately rented homes across parts of North West London have been given the go-ahead by...

A new rental complaints system has been proposed to help support private tenants who are forced to live in shoddy housing...

Over recent months, the government and leading housing charities have put increasing pressure on landlords to improve the quality of rental...

Two buy-to-let landlords in Burnley have been fined a total of £27,500 as part of Burnley Council’s campaign to clamp down...

A buy-to-let landlord has been given a suspended prison sentence, handed a 16-week curfew and ordered to pay more than £10,600...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £7,400 after failing to obtain a license to rent out a property in...

A plan to introduce a new selective licensing scheme in Telford has been scrapped by Telford & Wrekin Council after more...

Criminal landlords who crammed up to 40 migrants inside their semi-detached townhouse in north-west London face losing hundreds of thousands of...

Two separate legal challenges have been launched against government's 'Right to Rent' policy. The scheme, which requires landlords to check the immigration...

Landlord licensing, a database of rogue landlords and improved rent controls are among some of the primary measures proposed by renters...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Tory government of intentionally not fixing the housing crisis after revelations that thousands of...

Buy-to-let landlords who fail to comply with minimum standards will face fines up to £30,000 for each offence under tough new...

Rogue landlords are profiting from the housing benefit system by enticing desperate local authorities to place single homeless people into small...

West Suffolk councils have agreed to clamp down on dodgy landlords by adopting new powers to tackle them, following a joint...

Fly-tipping has become rife and is creating a blot on the landscape around the Manchester Road area of Swindon due to...

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) yesterday announced fresh plans to clamp down on rogue landlord practices such as...

The mayor of London’s decision to launch a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ rogue landlords and letting agents...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday launched a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ dodgy landlords and letting...

A rogue landlord in Newmarket who exposed tenants to ‘significant risk’ has been ordered to pay almost £33,000 after being found...

It has been confirmed that a database of rogue landlords and letting agents as well as new banning orders will be...

A new online platform designed to help landlords keep on top of new licensing schemes and consultations has been launched by...

A landlord who failed to provide his tenants with adequate living conditions has been sent to jail. Majid Saniinejad, of Stoke Newington,...

We all know that buy-to-let landlords have a bad reputation, which is largely undeserved, but a growing anti-landlord movement would have...

First introduced in November 2015, The Welsh government’s Rent Smart Wales (RSW) scheme was designed to drive up standards in the...

A landlord has been handed a £10,000 fine after failing to properly maintain his rental property, leaving tenants living in substandard...

Hefty fines could soon be issued to rogue landlords in Bradford without being taken to court, under plans due to be...

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

Rogue landlords in Hackney face heavy fines after the local council gained new powers to issue penalties of up to £30,000.  Landlords...

The secretary of state for Wales has called for greater protections for tenants and a crackdown on rogue landlords in Wales. Welsh...

A pair of landlords in Dagenham have been slapped with a hefty fine for renting out two illegally converted flats over...

A landlord in Luton has been fined £11,620 for letting an unlicensed and poorly-maintained house in the town which is classed...

The decision to launch a new inquiry into the private rented sector has been welcomed by letting agents. The Communities and Local...

A Camden councillor who was prosecuted last year by the council he works for in north west London after failing to...

Plans to introduce an additional licensing scheme across 12 wards in Havering, east London, have been approved. Local councillors met on Wednesday...

New rules making it compulsory for landlords to apply for planning consent if they wish to convert properties in the Royal...

New rules to help crack down on rogue landlords in York could soon come into force. City of York Council is considering...

A Lincoln landlord has been told to pay more than £8,000 for serious overcrowding and safety breaches. Abdol Ali Javid Keshmiri of...

A cap on rents and more stringent regulations are among the proposals put forward by the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy...

The owner of a three-bedroom house in Queensbury, north-west London, where 35 men were living in rooms full of mattresses has threatened to...

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

A landlord who endangered the lives of his tenants has been successfully prosecuted and fined more than £200,000 for failing to...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £10,000 after tenants were discovered living in appalling, cramped conditions, as Brent Council...

A rogue landlord who rented out squalid flats, which breached council planning laws and failed to meet basic living standards, has...

A buy-to-let landlord pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the harassment of his tenants during a short hearing at Sheffield...

Nine private landlords have been banned from letting out homes in the Govanhill area of Glasgow after being found unfit to...

Rogue landlords receive in the region of £2.5bn a year for renting out ‘non-decent’ properties, which includes homes that are unsafe,...

New measures to clamp down on unscrupulous landlords who trap and cram vulnerable tenants in unsafe, overcrowded homes in Govanhill, Glasgow,...

This month has seen the approval or introduction of a number of new licensing schemes for landlords in several English cities,...

A landlord has been fined after being found guilty of letting out a student property in Selly Oak which had a...

Barnsley Council is planning to introduce a selective licensing scheme in an effort to clamp down on rogue landlords in the...

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

Borough wide selective licensing could soon be coming to Brent if the the local council gets its way. Brent Council wants the...

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

A new property licensing scheme has been introduced by Redbridge Council in order to crack down on rogue landlords – and...

Rogue landlords who target vulnerable people for sex by posting online classified adverts offering accommodation in exchange for other services, could...

Contradictory and outdated fire safety guidance urgently needs updating to better support private landlords, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...

There is a direct correlation between licensed rental properties and a reduction in anti-social behaviour, according to a north London based...

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

Private landlords in Nottingham may soon have to obtain a licence after plans to introduce a selective licensing scheme were given...

After lobbying Tower Hamlets Council for three years, private renters in the east London district have finally been granted a new...

A rogue landlord who rented out filthy and dangerous flats in Bradford likened to slums has been ordered to pay close...

A barrister, who often represented landlords and tenants, has been fined for breaking the law, after it turned out that he...

A landlord who allowed tenants to live in substandard conditions in Oxford has been handed a fine of £2,500. The poorly-maintained six-bedroom...

A landlord has been prosecuted by Barkingside Magistrates' Court for renting out a property in Dagenham with damp and mould issues,...

A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house into two flats without planning consent...

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

Two landlords have been ordered to pay more than £13,000 after showing what was described as a “total disregard” for the...

Let’s face it - landlords have a bad reputation. While that reputation is largely undeserved, the landlord bashing articles often featured...

A rogue landlord who forced susceptible women into prostitution and sexually assaulted others while ruling his £16m property empire has been...

Landlords renting out properties in the London borough of Brent have been ordered to pay fines totalling more than £500,000 over...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £4,700 by Blackburn magistrates after failing to make improvements to his property. Despite...

Close to 6,300 private renters in the North East of England lodged formal complaints to their local council about their landlord between...

The Conservative party should put rent controls at the heart of their general election manifesto as part of a wider effort...

A landlord has been fined for not licensing 12 buy-to-let properties in the North Ormesby area of Middlesbrough. John Bradley, 39, was...

Labour has pledged a “consumer rights revolution” which will introduce legal minimum standards for all rental homes because people currently have...

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

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay more than £17,000 for renting out an unsafe house in Ipswich, which posed...

A landlord has been ordered to pay in excess of £235,000 for renting out illegal bedsits in east London after pleading...

Some rogue landlords are targeting young, vulnerable people for sex by posting online classified adverts offering accommodation in exchange for other...

Local councils are calling on the government to close a legal loophole that allows landlords to get away with converting properties...

A rogue landlord who allowed tenants to live in a shed without gaining planning consent from the local council has been...

Three landlords have been ordered to pay costs totalling £18,000 for renting out an unsafe house in High Wycombe, which included...

A man who is currently serving six years in prison for child sex abuse offences is among four rogue landlords in...

Following the success of the first two series, the third series of “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, starts this Sunday. The observational documentary highlights alarming...

Following the success of the first two series, the third series of “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, starts this Sunday. The observational documentary highlights alarming...

A new scheme launched to help landlords with housing repairs in Peterborough has been panned by the local MP. Stewart Jackson MP...

Two unscrupulous landlords in Reading have been fined almost £9,000 for poor housing standards and a complete disregard for the welfare...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £108,000 within three months or go to jail. Mohamed Omar Hassibi was refused consent to...