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A Conservative MP is weighing in, in support of landlords arguing against a £700 licensing fee by the local council. James Duddridge,...
24 February 2021
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Two landlords have to pay almost £8,000 for letting their flats in defiance of a Prohibition Order. The order came into force...
24 February 2021
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A London authority wants to extend its licensing regime for HMOs and landlords have just over two weeks left to respond. Lambeth...
23 February 2021
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Two landlords who illegally let a London property without providing proper washing facilities or tackling serious fire hazards have been taken to...
15 February 2021
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Two men have been ordered to pay almost £8,000 for letting out flats in defiance of regulations designed to keep tenants...
08 February 2021
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A landlord who let out a former bank vault as an illegal flat described by the local council as “dangerous” has...
21 January 2021
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A landlord leader has hit out at a council’s selective licensing scheme, suggesting it is “bureaucracy for bureaucracy’s sake” and nothing...
04 January 2021
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Members of a wealthy Blackburn family of landlords with a portfolio of properties have been sentenced for defrauding the Department for...
07 December 2020
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A council in the westcountry says it’s going to come down hard on rogue landlords and has identified ‘high risk’ properties...
03 November 2020
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A petition created by the Generation Rent group of activists and seeking a national landlord register appears to be struggling to...
23 October 2020
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Two landlords have been fined over £100,000 after 35 people were found living in what a judge called “criminally improper conditions.” Arun...
22 October 2020
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A collapsing ceiling, filthy facilities, and an abandoned car are among the dangerous defects leading to a Banbury landlord facing a...
20 October 2020
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Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...
12 October 2020
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Channel 5 will continue to provide an insight into a number of tenants and landlords across the UK, as feuds between...
24 September 2020
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There has been a sharp rise in illegal evictions by rogue landlords, it has been claimed. According to The Independent, illegal evictions...
22 September 2020
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Buy-to-let landlords in Bury now face the prospect of major fines if they are caught providing tenants with unsafe and substandard...
05 August 2020
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Ashfield District Council has joined forces with police officers in the Sutton area of Nottinghamshire to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords operating...
27 July 2020
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Buy-to-let landlords with a rental property in Harrow have just a few weeks left to have their say in a consultation...
22 July 2020
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A new licensing scheme designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords has been put forward for consideration by Liverpool City Council. The new...
20 July 2020
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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
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Harrow Council is looking to renew its landlord licensing scheme in Edgware, enabling tougher enforcement action on rogue landlords. It is consulting...
10 June 2020
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Southwark Council has given the go-ahead for the introduction of a new licensing scheme which could see landlords across the borough...
20 April 2020
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Fresh research shows almost half of landlords are considering divesting their portfolios and leaving the PRS due to an increase in regulation...
17 March 2020
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An amendment is urgently required to the Renters’ Reform Bill to prosecute “sex for rent” landlords and reassure victims that they...
11 March 2020
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Given that the number of people living in private rented accommodation has grown, doubling in the past three decades, renters are...
18 February 2020
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The latest data demonstrates the failure of government policy for the private rented sector, which in turn is having an adverse...
14 February 2020
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While some rogue landlords and bad players grab the headlines, the reality is that the vast majority of private sector landlords...
13 January 2020
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The government’s decision to invest an additional £4m in funding for local councils to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents has...
06 January 2020
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An unscrupulous landlord has been fined £27,000 over an unlicensed HMO in Luton with multiple fire and safety breaches. Luton Magistrates Court...
02 January 2020
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City of York Council has vowed to crack down on rogue landlords looking to exploit the housing market, as part of...
03 December 2019
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Brent Council in north London will be taking action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after 17...
29 November 2019
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Communicating with tenants can be a tricky business. The appropriate method and style of communication is usually determined by the relationship between...
27 November 2019
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Labour has pledged to clampdown on rogue landlords and restrict rent hikes in England if it wins next month’s general election. A...
25 November 2019
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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...
18 November 2019
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Marks Out Of Tenancy, a letting review website, has launched a digital service to help local authorities crackdown on unscrupulous landlords...
13 November 2019
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Proposals for a national register of landlords have been rejected by the government. A report on the joint research project between the...
08 November 2019
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Fresh funding for local councils in England to tackle unscrupulous landlords has been made available, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...
05 November 2019
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Unscrupulous landlords in the London Borough of Hackney face more stringent regulation after Hackney Council agreed to new property licensing powers...
22 October 2019
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A new PRS interactive learning toolkit for local authorities to help them take action against rogue landlords and letting agents has...
04 October 2019
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Following the introduction of new HMO licences in Hackney, east London, the local council has taken legal action against four landlords...
06 September 2019
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A council used a plane with thermal imaging to catch unscrupulous landlords that allowed tenants to live in substandard conditions. Several people...
02 September 2019
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A landlord has been penalised for operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupancy (HMO) in south London. Fouad Ahmad, from Streatham, pleaded...
08 August 2019
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An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay £47,500 after council officers found 11 people living in a small flat in...
07 August 2019
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Introducing a ‘rogue landlords’ database without better enforcement would be a pointless exercise, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). A rogue...
22 July 2019
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The National Landlords Association (NLA) is calling on local authorities to take much firmer action against rogue letting agents that tarnish...
04 July 2019
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A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay a fine of £10,000 after being convicted for renting out two unlicensed properties...
26 June 2019
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A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house in east London into two flats...
20 June 2019
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The Scottish government is consulting on introducing rent controls north of the border with a view to protecting private sector tenants...
11 June 2019
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Plans to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Barking and Dagenham has been approved by the government. Under...
31 May 2019
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An unscrupulous landlord has been told to pay close to £25,000 after being prosecuted for renting out rooms in an unlicensed...
10 May 2019
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Fresh guidance for local authorities to crackdown on rogue landlords has been unveiled by housing minister Heather Wheeler. Local authorities across the...
10 April 2019
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Buy-to-let landlords will need to pay £1,200 for a licence to rent their properties in Bristol as part of the local...
04 April 2019
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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
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A Labour government would aim to address what it sees as a ‘power imbalance’ between landlords and renters by introducing “indefinite”...
11 March 2019
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Local authorities across England are spending significantly less on dealing with rogue landlords than in 2009-10, new research shows. According to Residential...
01 March 2019
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An unscrupulous landlord who converted three family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning consent has been jailed for...
18 February 2019
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Who are you? Paul Shamplina What does it say on your business card? Founder and Director of Landlord Action and Brand Ambassador of...
15 February 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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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
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Buy-to-let landlords are “getting away with murder” according to Advice4Renters, after new figures revealed that just two out of almost 2,000...
21 January 2019
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Barnet Council is planning to introduce a stricter licensing scheme designed to clampdown on rogue landlords across the borough in north...
18 January 2019
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Close to £2.4m of additional funding designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords will be made available for more than 50 councils...
15 January 2019
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Havering Council continued to clampdown on rogue landlords in 2018, with new figures revealing that the local authority issued just over...
31 December 2018
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The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill will soon become law after passing its third reading at the House of Lords...
21 December 2018
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Tenants are on the verge of being handed fresh powers to take action against rogue landlords thanks to the Homes (Fitness...
18 December 2018
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Rogue landlords who converted terrace houses into shoebox flats without planning permission have been ordered to re-pay illegal income or face...
17 December 2018
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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...
05 December 2018
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More than three months on from the introduction of a selective licensing scheme in Nottingham, thousands of landlords remain unlicensed because...
16 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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Yesterday’s announcement that councils in England are going to be handed an additional £2m in government funding to tackle the small...
09 November 2018
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Tenants look set to be given more powers to take action against rogue landlords renting out properties “unfit for human habitation”,...
29 October 2018
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The government’s attempts to clampdown on rogue landlords have been branded ‘weak and pathetic’, partly due to the vast and complex...
25 October 2018
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A landlord in Ilford, Essex, who allowed 23 people to live in overcrowded conditions has been fined £7,500. Tenants in a house...
18 October 2018
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Middlesborough Council is hoping to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords operating in the Newport ward, particularly in and around the Gresham area,...
02 October 2018
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The Liberal Democrats once again called for the introduction of mandatory licensing for PRS homes as well as a publicly available...
19 September 2018
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Great Yarmouth Borough Council has vowed to clampdown on rogue landlords who allow tenants to live in poor housing standards in...
18 September 2018
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Trading Standards services in London are warning landlords and letting agents to ensure that they comply with the law and not...
13 September 2018
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Councils must do more to root out unscrupulous landlords that give the sector a bad name, according to the Residential Landlords...
11 September 2018
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A briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes has been published by the House of Commons ahead of the Report Stage and...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Licensing schemes can serve purposes which are indisputably genuine and valid. They can, however, also be used as money-making schemes, particularly...
03 September 2018
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Short-let landlords, including those that list properties on Airbnb, will be able to apply for national accreditation from next month, as...
20 August 2018
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Nottingham City Council became the latest local authority to introduce a landlord licensing scheme last week in an attempt to clampdown...
08 August 2018
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Changes to the buy-to-let tax regime are squeezing landlords’ margins, yet many are thinking about exiting the private rented sector not...
07 August 2018
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A buy-to-let landlord has been found guilty of aggressive practices, failing to protect a tenancy deposit and operating an unlicensed House...
07 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
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
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One of the UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord who last year banned ‘coloured people’ from renting any of...
20 July 2018
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Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for thousands of private landlords –...
20 July 2018
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Rogue landlords who break the law and exploit vulnerable tenants often make headlines, but spare a thought for landlords who are...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords in Ashford will now face fines of up to £30,000 after Ashford Borough Council voted to adopt new rules...
16 July 2018
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The government has launched new online information designed to help renters and landlords know their rights. The rental guides, published by the...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

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

One of the most active councils in London when it comes to prosecuting rogue landlords and letting agents has now extended...
11 June 2018
From: Breaking News

BTL landlords in Redbridge will have to abide by tougher rules after new rental licensing conditions proposed by Redbridge Council were...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Criminal landlords across London will be named and shamed on an online database after all London boroughs signed up to a rogue...
23 May 2018
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A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 after being found guilty of a number of breaches relating to...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News

When ex-social worker and professional landlord Leslie-Ann acquired the 18th century two-bedroom cottage she lives next door to four years ago,...
03 May 2018
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A Labour councillor tasked with clamping down on rogue landlords has found herself in hot water after failing to declare a...
01 May 2018
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A combination of tax reform and stricter regulation for landlords is slowing the growth of the private rented sector (PRS), but private...
27 April 2018
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Local authorities should be given the power to confiscate properties from landlords who break the law, according to a committee of...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who left tenants living in substandard conditions in Selly Oak and Edgbaston has been ordered to pay in...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Tenant referencing provides all the background information on prospective tenants, helping landlords and letting agents make an educated choice about who...
19 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The government must focus on urgently improving dangerous housing conditions across the country after new figures revealed that thousands of private...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News

An ‘unsafe’ house in multiple occupation (HMO) in north London has been uncovered by enforcement officers from Brent Council following a...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News

New ‘Home Safety Guidance’ has been released by the Electrical Safety Roundtable (ESR) to help landlords meet their obligations and ensure...
10 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Doncaster Council’s Cabinet will be discussing new ways to tackle rogue landlords at their meeting later today. The proposal is to introduce...
10 April 2018
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The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is ‘missing the opportunity’ to assess fire safety regulations across all types...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Unscrupulous landlords who rent out substandard properties face being driven out of the private rented sector as new banning orders are...
06 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords in Milton Keynes are being put on notice as the local council announces a new ‘tough approach’, including the...
06 April 2018
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A new TV show called ‘Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords’, a companion series to ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’, starts today. Following the success...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has slammed the new database of rogue landlords and letting agents, which will come into effect from tomorrow, as...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The security deposits that tenants leave with their landlord or their letting agent could be capped at no more than five...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Unscrupulous landlords in Hackney, east London, who leave tenants living in substandard conditions, will be forced to improve the condition of...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Councils will be handed tough new powers to punish rogue landlords up to £30,000. Under the new legislation, being introduced in October,...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Councils are being urged to do more to crack down on rogue landlords who are leaving thousands of tenants living in...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Plans to introduce a new rental complaints system to help support private tenants who are forced to live in shoddy housing...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Rotherham Council wants to do more to protect private tenants by using tougher new laws to clamp down on rogue landlords. Local...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News

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...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Plans to introduce new licensing schemes for privately rented homes across parts of North West London have been given the go-ahead by...
20 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A new rental complaints system has been proposed to help support private tenants who are forced to live in shoddy housing...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Over recent months, the government and leading housing charities have put increasing pressure on landlords to improve the quality of rental...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News

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...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £7,400 after failing to obtain a license to rent out a property in...
13 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A plan to introduce a new selective licensing scheme in Telford has been scrapped by Telford & Wrekin Council after more...
13 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Criminal landlords who crammed up to 40 migrants inside their semi-detached townhouse in north-west London face losing hundreds of thousands of...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Two separate legal challenges have been launched against government's 'Right to Rent' policy. The scheme, which requires landlords to check the immigration...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlord licensing, a database of rogue landlords and improved rent controls are among some of the primary measures proposed by renters...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Tory government of intentionally not fixing the housing crisis after revelations that thousands of...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords who fail to comply with minimum standards will face fines up to £30,000 for each offence under tough new...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Fly-tipping has become rife and is creating a blot on the landscape around the Manchester Road area of Swindon due to...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) yesterday announced fresh plans to clamp down on rogue landlord practices such as...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The mayor of London’s decision to launch a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ rogue landlords and letting agents...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday launched a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ dodgy landlords and letting...
20 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord in Newmarket who exposed tenants to ‘significant risk’ has been ordered to pay almost £33,000 after being found...
08 December 2017
From: Breaking News

It has been confirmed that a database of rogue landlords and letting agents as well as new banning orders will be...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A new online platform designed to help landlords keep on top of new licensing schemes and consultations has been launched by...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News

We all know that buy-to-let landlords have a bad reputation, which is largely undeserved, but a growing anti-landlord movement would have...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News

First introduced in November 2015, The Welsh government’s Rent Smart Wales (RSW) scheme was designed to drive up standards in the...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been handed a £10,000 fine after failing to properly maintain his rental property, leaving tenants living in substandard...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Hefty fines could soon be issued to rogue landlords in Bradford without being taken to court, under plans due to be...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords in Hackney face heavy fines after the local council gained new powers to issue penalties of up to £30,000. Landlords...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The secretary of state for Wales has called for greater protections for tenants and a crackdown on rogue landlords in Wales. Welsh...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A pair of landlords in Dagenham have been slapped with a hefty fine for renting out two illegally converted flats over...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The decision to launch a new inquiry into the private rented sector has been welcomed by letting agents. The Communities and Local...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Plans to introduce an additional licensing scheme across 12 wards in Havering, east London, have been approved. Local councillors met on Wednesday...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

New rules making it compulsory for landlords to apply for planning consent if they wish to convert properties in the Royal...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News

New rules to help crack down on rogue landlords in York could soon come into force. City of York Council is considering...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A Lincoln landlord has been told to pay more than £8,000 for serious overcrowding and safety breaches. Abdol Ali Javid Keshmiri of...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A cap on rents and more stringent regulations are among the proposals put forward by the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy...
26 September 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 who endangered the lives of his tenants has been successfully prosecuted and fined more than £200,000 for failing to...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £10,000 after tenants were discovered living in appalling, cramped conditions, as Brent Council...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who rented out squalid flats, which breached council planning laws and failed to meet basic living standards, has...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the harassment of his tenants during a short hearing at Sheffield...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Nine private landlords have been banned from letting out homes in the Govanhill area of Glasgow after being found unfit to...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords receive in the region of £2.5bn a year for renting out ‘non-decent’ properties, which includes homes that are unsafe,...
04 September 2017
From: Breaking News

New measures to clamp down on unscrupulous landlords who trap and cram vulnerable tenants in unsafe, overcrowded homes in Govanhill, Glasgow,...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

This month has seen the approval or introduction of a number of new licensing schemes for landlords in several English cities,...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined after being found guilty of letting out a student property in Selly Oak which had a...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Barnsley Council is planning to introduce a selective licensing scheme in an effort to clamp down on rogue landlords in the...
24 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

Borough wide selective licensing could soon be coming to Brent if the the local council gets its way. Brent Council wants the...
16 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 new property licensing scheme has been introduced by Redbridge Council in order to crack down on rogue landlords – and...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords who target vulnerable people for sex by posting online classified adverts offering accommodation in exchange for other services, could...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Contradictory and outdated fire safety guidance urgently needs updating to better support private landlords, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

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

Private landlords in Nottingham may soon have to obtain a licence after plans to introduce a selective licensing scheme were given...
20 July 2017
From: Breaking News

After lobbying Tower Hamlets Council for three years, private renters in the east London district have finally been granted a new...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A barrister, who often represented landlords and tenants, has been fined for breaking the law, after it turned out that he...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been prosecuted by Barkingside Magistrates' Court for renting out a property in Dagenham with damp and mould issues,...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News

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

Two landlords have been ordered to pay more than £13,000 after showing what was described as a “total disregard” for the...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Let’s face it - landlords have a bad reputation. While that reputation is largely undeserved, the landlord bashing articles often featured...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Landlords renting out properties in the London borough of Brent have been ordered to pay fines totalling more than £500,000 over...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £4,700 by Blackburn magistrates after failing to make improvements to his property. Despite...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservative party should put rent controls at the heart of their general election manifesto as part of a wider effort...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined for not licensing 12 buy-to-let properties in the North Ormesby area of Middlesbrough. John Bradley, 39, was...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Labour has pledged a “consumer rights revolution” which will introduce legal minimum standards for all rental homes because people currently have...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has vowed to crackdown on criminal landlords by ensuring that they are ‘named and shamed’...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay in excess of £235,000 for renting out illegal bedsits in east London after pleading...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Some rogue landlords are targeting young, vulnerable people for sex by posting online classified adverts offering accommodation in exchange for other...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Local councils are calling on the government to close a legal loophole that allows landlords to get away with converting properties...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Three landlords have been ordered to pay costs totalling £18,000 for renting out an unsafe house in High Wycombe, which included...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A man who is currently serving six years in prison for child sex abuse offences is among four rogue landlords in...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Following the success of the first two series, the third series of “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, starts this Sunday. The observational documentary highlights alarming...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Following the success of the first two series, the third series of “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, starts this Sunday. The observational documentary highlights alarming...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A new scheme launched to help landlords with housing repairs in Peterborough has been panned by the local MP. Stewart Jackson MP...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Two unscrupulous landlords in Reading have been fined almost £9,000 for poor housing standards and a complete disregard for the welfare...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Four weeks of prosecutions by Brent Council in north London has seen six successful results with total court fines for rogue...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A local council is planning to crackdown on rogue landlords by potentially introducing a selective licensing scheme, it has been revealed. Barrow-in-Furness...
15 February 2017
From: Breaking News

New housing policies affecting the private rented sector, including longer tenancies, boosting the supply of much needed housing and plans to...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The government is being urged to reconsider punitive tax relief changes for buy-to-let income which is set to be introduced in...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A proposed selective landlord licensing scheme has been pulled after Conservative councillors could not agree on how it could move forward. Plans...
24 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Councils across the country are being urged to raise their game when it comes to protecting private tenants from a minority...
04 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Given the financial issues that landlords can experience when they rent their property out to a nightmare tenant, especially those that...
03 January 2017
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Sheffield Council has promised to continue targeting rogue landlords after bringing its highest-ever number of successful prosecutions. Seven individuals and companies were...
03 January 2017
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The government has launched an official consultation process on plans to for new banning orders to clampdown on rogue landlords and...
17 December 2016
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The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has ended a consultation on ‘Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and residential property...
13 December 2016
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A private landlord has been fined by Willesden Magistrates Court for poor and potentially dangerous housing conditions following a prosecution by...
05 December 2016
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Don Valley MP Caroline Flint is calling for selective licensing to be extended across the borough, after visiting Newham in London,...
30 November 2016
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A landlord has pleaded guilty for failing to comply with license conditions at a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) she ran...
22 November 2016
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There are a significant amount of private landlords who fail to keep rental properties in a safe condition for their tenants,...
14 November 2016
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A private landlord has been ordered to pay just over £1,000 after being found guilty of providing an ‘extremely dangerous’ rental...
03 November 2016
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A Birmingham landlord from Hall Green was fined £5,037.97 at Birmingham Magistrates Court yesterday after pleading guilty to failing to obtain...
28 October 2016
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Harrow Council will take fresh measures to tackle rogue landlords by introducing new licensing schemes next week in Wealdstone and Edgware,...
27 October 2016
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The government’s plan to tighten licensing requirements for landlords of shared accommodation in an effort to clamp down on rogue landlords...
19 October 2016
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Thousands of private tenants claim to have suffered abuse at the hands of landlords according to Shelter, which include threats, assaults...
23 September 2016
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Two landlords have been fined for failing to sign up to Oldham Council’s Selective Licensing scheme, designed to improve the management...
22 September 2016
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Let's face it - landlords have a bad reputation. The press often portray buy-to-let landlords as greedy money-grabbers who are looking...
12 September 2016
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No fewer than seven landlords have been fined thousands of pounds for renting out unlicensed properties in Blackburn as part of...
05 September 2016
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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
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Landlords in Redbridge are being invited to put any questions they have over new controversial licensing schemes to council officers at...
22 August 2016
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More than 80 buy-to-let landlords in Weston-super-Mare have joined forces with a view to taking North Somerset Council to court in...
09 August 2016
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A new selective landlord licensing scheme will be introduced by Peterborough City Council in parts of the city where there are...
05 August 2016
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Over-extended student homes are not just an eyesore, but they are also ‘destroying family homes’ and creating ‘misery for local residents’, according...
29 July 2016
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Landlords in Oldham must not shirk their responsibilities and legal obligations, which includes signing up to the Selective Licensing scheme or...
26 July 2016
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A new crowdfunding campaign has been launched today with a view to raising £200,000 through Crowdcube to help tackle rogue landlords...
25 July 2016
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A landlady in Southampton has been fined more than £700 for failing to licence a house in the city. Anuoluwapo Olaosun pleaded...
22 July 2016
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A newly introduced license scheme designed to improve ‘poor quality rented housing’ in Weston-super-Mare has been slammed for being ‘short-sighted’ and nothing...
08 July 2016
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The government and local councils are not doing enough to clampdown on rogue landlords, according to a new report. A survey of...
24 June 2016
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Landlords in parts of Manchester may soon have to apply for a licence to let their properties as part of a...
21 June 2016
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Rogue landlords in the London Borough of Barnet are being targeted by the local council as part of a crackdown on...
08 June 2016
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A man who illegally sub-let his council home in Sheffield and then evicted his tenant using force has been prosecuted in...
27 May 2016
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The new mayor of London has pledged to get tough on rogue landlords in the capital by introducing a ‘London Landlord...
11 May 2016
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Unscrupulous landlords are providing vulnerable tenants with substandard housing and getting away with it due to low levels of enforcement of...
05 May 2016
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A landlord in Wembley, north west London, faces prosecution after 11 people were found living in a three-bedroom house that he...
03 May 2016
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A new scheme designed to expose and punish rogue landlords in Derby could be in operation before the end of the...
03 May 2016
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Labour's London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has launched his election manifesto and pledged to help the capital’s two million renters. Khan’s election...
11 March 2016
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Rogue landlords are being weeded out by councils for some of the worst cases of illegal eviction, according to the Local...
01 February 2016
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The consumer charity Citizens Advice is the latest body to say the government’s heavily-publicised £5m given to councils to tackle rogue...
25 January 2016
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New funding from the government to tackle criminal landlords is just not sufficient according to the Residential Landlords Association. It has been...
22 January 2016
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Eviction firm Landlord Action is calling for a blacklist of persistent rogue tenants to be made public. The Housing and Planning Bill...
05 January 2016
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The Government is poised to introduce tough new laws for landlords this week – with fines of up to £30,000 for...
22 December 2015
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Luton Borough Council has launched a new initiative which aims to tackle rogue landlords who are letting properties that are being...
17 December 2015
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Private housing tenants from across income scales are living in unsafe homes that fail to meet basic legal standards, a report...
16 December 2015
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The legislative system dealing with rogue landlords is ‘unfit for purpose’ and should be replaced with a national database covering all...
15 December 2015
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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...
16 November 2015
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The government has announced new funding to crack down on rogue landlords and tackle 'beds in sheds'. Communities secretary Greg Clark said...
13 November 2015
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Housing minister Brandon Lewis has announced new measures that will clamp down on “criminal” landlords who “trap and cram vulnerable tenants...
10 November 2015
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A Plymouth landlord has been fined more than £20,000 after admitting renting out substandard houses to 30 people without obtaining a...
06 November 2015
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Rogue landlords will be banned from letting property under new measures to be brought in under the Housing and Planning Bill. The...
15 October 2015
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As Scotland awaits the introduction of the Private Tenancies (Scotland) Bill later this week, the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) has...
07 October 2015
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Councils need to be handed greater powers to tackle rogue landlords ‘taking advantage’ and ‘ripping off’ tenants. This is the call from...
21 September 2015
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Landlords in Lewisham are invited to a public meeting on Tuesday (15 September) to discuss proposals for selective licencing in the...
11 September 2015
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has written to Shelter questioning the latest statistics from the housing charity which claimed that tenants...
09 September 2015
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Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham Council swooped on three addresses in east London last week as part of clamp down...
17 August 2015
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Plans to force landlords to act as border control and potentially be jailed if they house illegal immigrants have met with...
04 August 2015
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MPs have introduced two new bills that will crackdown on rogue landlords. The first measure introduced to parliament yesterday was by the...
25 June 2015
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Two landlords each face a bill of well over £4,000 each after being found guilty of charges relating to their three...
18 June 2015
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An all-party group of MPs looking into the subject of hunger has written to government ministers urging that landlords who fail...
17 June 2015
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Two private landlords have been fined for failing to tackle sub-standard conditions in their properties after successful prosecutions by Islington Council. In...
04 June 2015
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The National Landlords Association (NLA) has responded to last week’s Citizens Advice report on the private rented sector in a statement...
26 May 2015
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Rogue landlords are raking in £5.6billion a year for unsafe homes that fail to meet legal standards, a report by Citizens...
22 May 2015
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As David Cameron announced his cabinet, Brian Murphy of the Mortgage Advice Bureau has said that the new Government will make...