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Consultation time is short for landlords wanting to comment on a new licensing scheme proposed for Scunthorpe. The public consultation closes at...

MPs return to the Commons today after a substantial Easter recess - and with progress on the Renters Reform Bill on...

Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...

Fines for rogue landlords and agents in London have surged past the £10 million mark.   With 19 council licensing schemes and...

Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the rental markets.   The new logbooks...

An industry supplier is analysing licensing schemes and whether they achieve anything to improve rental housing standards. Yuno says questions need to be...

A charity is calling for landlord licensing schemes which cost enough to fund annual inspections, and the issuing of “sentencing guidelines”...

Private landlords applied for licences covering more than 12,000 homes during the first year of a controversial council’s selective licensing scheme. The...

Another council is consulting about a controversial selective licensing scheme.  North Lincolnshire council says the proposed scheme is “designed to improve housing...

A landlord has quit the private rental sector after a battle with his council over why his properties were put into...

Yet another council is consulting on whether to continue a selective licensing scheme. The scheme applies to several areas of Burnley and...

Supporters of council selective licensing start rearguard action  Some of those involved in local councils have started a campaign to save selective...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it wants a speedy implementation of the Renters Reform Bill to avoid uncertainty - and...

Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...

A London council is consulting on another controversial landlord licensing scheme. Barking and Dagenham council’s existing Selective Licensing Scheme has been applied to...

A landlord has warned her local authority that high charges for licensing are unaffordable without the fee being passed on to...

Bristol’s controversial Labour council is extending previous licensing schemes to other parts of the city at some £1,800 HMO per licence...

A Selective Licensing scheme proposal is out for consultation in the Scunthorpe area -  with a harsh message from a council...

A council has won an appeal to enforce a Financial Penalty Notice that was served on a landlord who let out...

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

A legal services provider is claiming that landlords risk criminal prosecution for breaches of licensing rules that are often “unreasonable and...

New additional and selective licensing schemes are to be considered by the controversial Bristol city council. The council’s Labour Mayor - Marvin...

A council claims “hundreds of residents have been made safer in their homes” thanks to a licencing regime. Sheffield council insists the...

Amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, designed to give landlords more protection, have won the backing of a prominent industry figure. Neil Cobbold,...

The National Residential Landlords Association is urging MPs to back what it describes as “pragmatic” changes to the Renters Reform Bill...

A Labour-controlled council is inviting private rental sector representatives to a round-table event which it pledges will not be a talking...

Four landlords are contemplating seeking a judicial review of a council’s proposed licensing scheme extension. Middlesbrough council is consulting on extending its...

Middlesbrough is the latest council wanting to expand its landlord licensing regime. It’s consulting on extending its existing scheme to another ward. The...

An additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect in a London borough.  The new scheme will cover properties in Greenwich which...

A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...

It’s emerged that Housing Secretary approved yet another vast landlord licensing system just days before Christmas. On December Gove gave approval to...

Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is launching a consultation to renew yet another selective licensing scheme. The scheme was launched in 2018 and...

Landlords providing much-needed private rented accommodation in part of Merseyside are to fall under an expanded  licensing regime.  Wirral councillors have voted...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has campaigned for a selective licensing regime in her Leeds constituency. She joined the city council leader...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has given a warm welcome to many of the provision in the Renters Reform Bill...

Councils in Greater Manchester admit to charging landlords over £14,000 for “officer time” involved in licensing schemes. There are currently eight selective...

Almost all landlords letting out properties in a London borough will soon be legally required to have a selective license. It’s one...

A controversial licensing scheme is due to come into force tomorrow - just as the council administering it has declared itself...

Stockton-on-Tees is the latest council seeking people's views on the introduction of Selective Licensing for private rented housing. It launched a consultation...

A north of England council says it’s reviewing the fees for its selective licensing scheme “in terms of potential impact on...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £50,000 for failing to adhere to licensing legal requirements on several rental properties,...

A council’s new selective property licensing scheme for rented properties will be live and open for applications from Wednesday November 1. Ilford...

Plans to introduce Selective Licensing of privately rented properties have been agreed by leading Stockton-on-Tees councillors and now go for consultation. Under...

Blackpool council will next week consider a new selective licensing scheme for some of the town’s privately rented properties. The scheme will...

A council is telling landlords that its new selective licensing fee is so low it should be entirely tax deductible and...

The government must safeguard the private rented sector and the only way to do that is to lend its support to...

Brent council in North London has launched a new selective licensing regime across part of the borough. Landlords who let properties in the...

A London council is looking to introduce new licensing for landlords. Currently Wandsworth council operates mandatory licensing for HMOs with five or...

The Generation Rent group of activists says Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is on their side about Section 21 evictions. Bailey...

Landlords are being advised to be on their guard and not be duped by social media messages urging them to flout...

Bristol’s Labour-controlled council says it wants to spend some £17m of local council tax payers’ money on two new licensing schemes...

A Labour council says local landlords have only a week to apply for a licence before a big rise in the...

A London council is telling landlords that if they don’t apply for a licence in the next nine days they face...

Landlords are unwittingly exposing their tenants to the serious danger of fire because they opt for the cheaper option when hiring...

A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...

A controversial licensing scheme will come into force this winter with the blessing of Housing Secretary Michael Gove. Nottingham council’s selective licensing...

Landlords providing accommodation on the Wirral are likely to get further licensing as a new consultation goes ahead.  The proposals suggest continuing...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

A council in the south east of England says it is “exploring the possibility” of introducing a huge landlord licensing scheme. Councillors...

Southwark’s Labour council has won the backing of Housing Secretary Michael Gove for one of the largest private landlord licensing schemes...

A landlord who did not hold licences for her six properties, has ended up with a criminal conviction and a hefty...

A new law requiring landlords in three wards of the London borough of Brent to pay for a selective licence will...

London landlords and letting agents have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...

A landlord who failed to get his properties licensed has been fined. Under the Selective Landlord Licensing scheme in part of Middlesbrough...

One of London’s most aggressive landlord licensing regimes says it has an early-bird offer running until July 14. Landlords applying for Newham...

A council has gone out to formal consultation on a licensing scheme - but appears to have pre-judges the outcome. It says...

The Labour Mayor of Newham in London has called for a vast extension of landlord licensing. Rokhsana Fiaz says she welcomes a...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

One of the country’s largest landlord licensing regimes has expanded even more this week. Some 700 more private sector homes in Manchester...

Next Thursday voters up and down the country will be casting their votes in a series of local elections which are...

Recently the government once again committed to banning 'no-fault' evictions, with the new government housing minister Rachel Maclean promising the ban on...

Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...

There have been no fewer than 10 different enquiries into selective licensing of landlords or rental properties by local councils -...

A council launching a new selective licensing regime admits that three quarters of the applicants so far have omitted to provide...

A new licensing scheme for landlords in one of the country’s most controversial cities is likely to be approved next week. Nottingham...

Charnwood council in the East Midlands is now accepting applications from landlords of private rented properties that are covered by two...

A private landlord has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 by magistrates for failing to properly licence a rented property. The...

Landlords and letting agents are invited to join a virtual forum for details of a new licensing requirements and to find...

Labour controlled Nottingham council is introducing a new licensing scheme - and tells landlords not to raise rents to pay the...

A Wirral landlord has become the first in the region to be served with a Banning Order, which will prohibit him...

The local media in Yorkshire says Labour’s Rachel Reeves - the Shadow Chancellor - is campaigning for the introduction of a...

A council is reminding landlords that they have only until the end of the month to comment on a proposed scheme...

It’s claimed that Liverpool’s Labour council would take almost 150 years to process applications for its landlord licensing scheme. The council has...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to make it easier for councils...

Views are being sought on the designation of a scheme to improve standards in part of Middlesbrough.  A selective landlord licensing scheme...

A Labour council introducing a vast new licensing regime claims its typical cost to a landlord would be just 0.5 per...

A new property licensing scheme that claims to provide “safer, well managed housing for renters” has now come into force in...

A borough-wide consultation on landlord licensing for privately rented properties in Brent is taking place for the next 12 weeks.  The online...

House prices will fall by 7.9 per cent next year and then will effectively stagnate until 2027 according to a gloomy...

A Selective Licensing scheme introduced by a council back in 2016 is set for expansion.  Middlesbrough council claims that its scheme has...

Landlords in one part of the country are being told they must apply for their selective license in just the next six...

A new selective licensing scheme has been launched this week in Leicester.  The scheme will be in operation in three main cluster...

Landlords and agents are being asked their views on proposals to expand Selective Licensing to eight new areas of Manchester. There are...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has approved a London council’s plan to introduce a new private rented property...

Greenwich council in south London has launched a new selective licensing scheme: all private-rented single-household properties in five wards of the...

From November Gedling council in Nottinghamshire wants its Selective Licensing extended to four additional wards.  This follows a pilot where over 78...

Birmingham council has been granted permission by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to introduce a massive Selective Licensing...

Oxford’s private rented sector faces its biggest shake up in over a decade with the start of a new licensing scheme...