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Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s...

The early bird discount period for what many regard as the country’s most controversial landlord licensing scheme has been extended. The discount...

The campaigning charity Shelter - once a critic of government policies over letting agents and landlords - has given a ringing...

A market research company is to go door-to-door to seek residents’ views as part of a council’s consultation on landlord licensing. MEL...

Brand new ‘property passports’ would help landlords prove their homes are compliant and assist tenants to identify decent and safe housing,...

Landlords are being warned by the Fire Protection Association of major changes ahead for those letting properties in Wales. The Fitness for...

A consultation is underway into the extension of yet another private landlord licensing scheme for a further five years. Since March 2018...

Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is the latest local authority to resume consultations on Selective Licensing after putting initial proposals on ice...

A council has served improvement notices on a number of properties owned by the Salvation Army and let to private tenants...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

A campaign group wants local candidates fighting elections in London next month sign up to a set of policies including rent...

A landlord has been fined £6,250 for failing to make a series of improvements to the property he lets out in...

Applications open later this week for one of the country’s largest and most controversial landlord licensing schemes - in Liverpool. The new...

A second-offence landlord has received fines totalling £5,259.75 after council officers found nine different safety violations at a single property. The building...

Husband-and-wife landlords Robin and Susan Kirstein have been landed with a massive fine for letting a home that was deemed by...

A poll suggests that many private tenants admit to being more interested in the tidiness of their properties than safety within...

Rogue landlords who create portfolios of overcrowded, unregulated and unsafe properties - including the infamous beds in sheds - now face...

The council in Harrogate, Yorkshire, has issued what appears to be a celebration statement about its legal action against rogue landlords. The...

The Generation Rent activist group has repeated its call for a landlord register in England, saying it could mean more tax...

A landlord has been fined over £7,000 for letting out an unsafe and unlicensed HMO. South Gloucestershire council’s private sector housing team...

A landlord who failed to comply with improvement notices for a vulnerable tenant and threatened to evict her if the improvements...

A council has gone on record saying it’s trying to stop a rogue landlord from letting out any property anywhere, ever...

A landlord has been hit with a fine of more than £4,200 for failing to keep tenants safe in their homes. North...

It’s already a very un-typical part of the United Kingdom but now Jersey has set itself apart in a different way...

A Midlands council says it’s sent thousands of letters to landlords in the last 12 months in response to complaints from...

There are now 10 councils with licensing schemes covering more than 20 per cent of the rental market according to activists’...

Salford council in Greater Manchester is to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live - and the...

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

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

The risk assessment system used by local authorities to judge health and safety issues relating to properties needs updating - and...

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...

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

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,...

The Acorn group of rental activists has created a detailed crib sheet of responses to a council consultation on landlord licensing. Acorn,...

The family of an 80-year-old landlord fined for failing to maintain a block of flats in Wisbech has stepped in to...

A £4,550 fine has been upheld after an appeal by the landlord was rejected by a property tribunal. Fenland council served five...

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...

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

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

Lettings agents’ group ARLA Propertymark has issued a seven point guide for landlords as winter approaches. The guide ensures the points are...

A prominent rental industry figure has backed Shelter’s sweeping condemnation of the lettings sector - but insists landlords are not to...

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

A property firm has been fined £3,000 after neglecting a property in Derbyshire.  A & S Milward Property Limited was found guilty...

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...

A buy-to-let landlord in Sutton has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 after failing to provide acceptable living conditions for...

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

A private landlord in Evesham has been ordered to pay £14,500 after he was found to be illegally renting his property...

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

A quarter - 25% - of homes rented from private landlords fail to meet the national Decent Homes Standard when taking...

A buy-to-let landlord in South Ockendon has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 after failing to provide acceptable living conditions...

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

Buy-to-let landlords should be aware that Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inventory reports are not needed to comply with...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 for illegally renting out an overcrowded House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without...

A private landlord in Nottingham has appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to breaching a prohibition order requiring...

The government has announced that it will reform the Housing Health Safety Rating System (HHSRS) used to assess health and safety...

A buy-to-let landlord in South Yorkshire has been fined £4,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,121 as well as a...

A buy-to-let landlord in Nottingham has been ordered to pay just over £1,600 for allowing five tenants to live in what...

Two landlords have been fined for letting out a flat that had no heating or windows. The flat, located above commercial premises,...

A buy-to-let landlord in Stevenage has been fined £14,000 and told to pay Stevenage Borough Council’s legal costs of £2,845.50 and...

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

The new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 will be introduced from tomorrow giving tenants the tenants the right to...

Tenants living in sub-standard rented accommodation need greater support, according to Neil Cobbold, chief operating officer of PayProp UK, who has...

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

Following the passing of Karen Buck’s Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 into law, it is important that landlords are aware...

A landlord who failed to install a proper heating system and left safety hazards across a house in Peterborough has been...

The proportion of income spent by private tenants on rents in England has continued to fall, according to an official report...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined close to £6,500 after failing to make improvements to a house in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, including...

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

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...

The deadline for submitting additional and selective licence applications in Hackney has been extended until 1 March 2019.  The deadline for applications...

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

Landlords with property in Hackney, east London, should be aware that following a consultation earlier this year Hackney Council has now...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting a property with a number of hazards that could have endangered the...

As a landlord, it goes without saying that you must keep the property you provide your tenants with safe and free...

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

A landlord faces prosecution after police found he had squeezed 31 beds into a very overcrowded three-bedroom house that had just...

A tenant who illegally sublet an unlicensed and poorly-maintained bungalow in north London, which was described by Brent Council as a...

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

The government has been criticised for continuing to drag its heels over taking on key recommendations made in a recent report...

A landlord has been fined ordered to pay £5,000 for allowing tenants to sleep in an outbuilding in Enfield, north London. Sanjiv...

As a private landlord you are bound by specific housing legislation, which provide tenants with certain basic rights. From keeping your property...

A buy-to-let landlord has been reprimanded for housing too many people in a rented property in Peterborough Raashid Alyas, of Mayors Walk...

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

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

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

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

A buy-to-let landlord who let ‘hazardous’ properties in Leyland has been fined £20,000. Leyland Estates Ltd was prosecuted at Preston Magistrates Court after...

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

Councils cannot use selective licensing conditions to impose new standards on private rented homes, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. The case...

A proposal to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Nottingham has been given the green light by...

A company and the manager of a house of multiple occupation (HMO) in South Hampstead, north-west London, have been hit with...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined almost £34,000 for putting tenants at risk. Harbhajan Singh Dhami pleaded guilty to not one, but 32...

Dangerous electrical mains installation, ‘defective’ sanitary fitments in both the bathroom and kitchen, and a ‘lack of automatic fire detection’, were among...

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

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

The Welsh government is currently seeking views on proposed regulations, made under section 94 of the act, for determining if a...

Being a student landlord can be an attractive proposition especially in an area with a high student population which has the...

A pair of private landlords who rented out a damp and mouldy house in Croydon to a family of four, including...

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

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

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

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

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

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

An unscrupulous landlord who failed to maintain his rental property, which included mould and a leaking toilet, has been prosecuted by...

A buy-to-let landlord who failed to obtain a license for a property in London has been ordered to repay close to...

There are a significant amount of private landlords who fail to keep rental properties in a safe condition for their tenants,...

A man claiming not to be a landlord has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 for putting the lives of...

Harrow Council will take fresh measures to tackle rogue landlords by introducing new licensing schemes next week in Wealdstone and Edgware,...

A landlord has been fined £162,000 after 18 people were found to be living in his ‘unsafe’ Georgian Grade II-listed flat...

A landlord who confessed to renting out houses in Stotfold and Arlesey with serious safety hazards has been ordered to pay...

A Bristol councillor has called for additional selective landlord licensing in the city.  Clifton Down councillor, Carla Denyer, says that even in...

A company has been handed a hefty fine by Islington Council for letting an unlicensed flat in the north London borough. Landhouse...

A landlord has been fined £16,000 and now has a criminal record after being punished in court for refusing to make...

A landlord in Wirral has been slapped with the highest ever fine handed out across the borough after pleading guilty for...

A landlord who rented his hazardous property to a family for years was prosecuted by Harrow Council and ordered to pay...

Two Southall landlords have been found guilty of failing to comply with notices and orders to make safe dangerous and illegal...

Private housing tenants from across income scales are living in unsafe homes that fail to meet basic legal standards, a report...

A Swindon HMO landlord has been fined more than £16,000 for cramming too many tenants into a converted guesthouse. Javaid Lone, 59,...

Landlords and letting agents of student accommodation are putting their tenants’ lives at risk by failing to fix serious safety hazards,...

Two private landlords have been fined for failing to tackle sub-standard conditions in their properties after successful prosecutions by Islington Council. In...

Rogue landlords are raking in £5.6billion a year for unsafe homes that fail to meet legal standards, a report by Citizens...

A Lincolnshire landlord has been left with a £1,600 bill for failing to comply with an improvement notice over a four-year...