Medway Council has agreed to spend £50,000 looking licencing which it says would tackle poor property conditions within its borders as well as anti-social behaviour, poor housing quality and deprivation. See the decision here Medway has yet to decide how big its...
A selective licensing scheme was approved by the council’s Executive on Thursday, will cover 5,400 homes in the three wards, Finsbury Park, Tollington and Hillrise, tripling the old Finsbury Park scheme it replaces. It applies to all privately rented houses or flats...
Landlords who rent out properties in Dollis Hill, Harlesden & Kensal Green and Willesden Green, will legally be required to have a licence from the start of next month. A licence will cost £640 for up to five years. Anyone who applied in the next few weeks before...
Newham Council are reminding landlords that the window of opportunity to get the Early Bird Discount on the new Selective Licensing Scheme is about to come to an end. The announcement can be seen here, and says: Early-bird discount available until 14 July for...
A Tribunal judge has warned landlords that unless they have a specific contractual arrangement with their letting agency to keep them abreast of licencing requirements it will – in most circumstances – be the landlord who pays the fine for non-compliance. Judge...
A landlord was found to be in a bad state of disrepair by Havering Council, admitted numerous breaches of house in multiple occupation (HMO) management regulations at Romford Magistrates Court earlier this month. He also pleaded guilty to failing to licence the...
A Reading landlord appealed against a penalty notice issued by the local council’s private sector housing team in July 2022, after he committed an offence under the Housing Act 2004 of having an unlicensed HMO at his property in the town. The council’s penalty notice...
A Dagenham man has been ordered to pay thousands in fines after he was found to be renting three properties without a licence. The properties of Gurbachan Matharu were investigated after they were affected by fires that took place in Dagenham last year. The case was...
Landlord Today has recently published an article asking whether Licensing is ‘Raising Standards or Just Raising Revenue?’ The full article can be seen here, and raises the example of Brent where it says ‘one of the largest licensing scheme proposals is in Brent, which...
Two Russian landlords unable to travel to the UK have been fined over £6,000 plus costs for renting out a property without the correct paperwork within a selective licensing area in the London Borough of Brent. Tribunal Judge, heard how the Housing Association flat in...
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