Applications open later this week for one of the country’s largest and most controversial landlord licensing schemes - in Liverpool. The new scheme runs until April 2027 and covers no fewer than 45,000 properties in 16 wards of the city. Landlords signing up before...
A Haringey landlord has been fined £5000 by the council’s Private Sector Housing Team for letting an unlicensed HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) in Boreham Road, N22. The fine was issued after the landlord ignored repeated warnings from the council to obtain a...
The London Borough of Redbridge is currently running a twelve week consultation on plans to renew an additional HMO licensing scheme in the borough, for another five years. If approved, the scheme would apply across all wards in the borough. Have your say on the...
Proposals to introduce an additional licensing scheme for Houses In Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in and around the high street and central areas of West Bromwich have been given the go-ahead. The decision to approve the plans follows an extensive 12-week consultation...
A landlord who has been operating a licensable House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without a licence has been fined £5000 at a prosecution brought by Chesterfield Borough Council. An officer from the council’s private sector housing team carried out an inspection at...
THE Scottish Government is pushing ahead with plans to introduce council licences for short-term lets and Airbnb-style rentals. Ministers want to tackle the growth of Airbnb-style rentals in popular tourist areas such as Edinburgh and will ask individual councils to...
A landlord operating a House in Multiple Occupation without a licence has been fined £5,000.An officer from Chesterfield council carried out an inspection at the property in November 2020 which confirmed the house was being operated as a licensable HMO, but the owner...
The government has approved a comprehensive Landlord Licensing Scheme by Liverpool City Council, which will cover around 80% of privately rented properties in the city. The scheme is based on poor property conditions, targeting 16 wards in the city where at least one...
Southend Council was set to rubber stamp a selective licensing scheme for landlords which will allow the council to set minimum standards for private rented properties. The scheme, approved earlier this year, was all set to launch on December 1 but was referred back...
Generation Rent have reported that analysis of Government data revealed that councils which require landlords to be licensed take more than twice as much enforcement action as those that do not. Thirty-two councils with selective licensing schemes identified an...
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