The consultation runs from 13 January until 24 March 2023 and focuses on plans to designate a new Additional HMO Licensing scheme, the former Additional Licensing scheme came to a close at the end of 2022, for another five years. An independent review of the former...
Following feedback from various sources, including the letter from iHowz, Greenwich Council has abandoned the consultation on additional licensing plans, and has been forced to relaunch the consultation. You can see more details on their website, and we urge you to...
The Mirror has run an article on how some tenants might be owed 'thousands', and advises them on how to do it. The article can be seen here. Renters could be due a refund of 12 months' rent if their landlord has not properly licenced the property they are living in.
Newham’s Selective Licensing scheme has been approved by the Secretary of State for Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities for an unprecedented third 5-year term, making Newham Council at the forefront of championing renters rights. Coming into force...
It’s claimed that Liverpool’s Labour council would take almost 150 years to process applications for its landlord licensing scheme.The council has hailed the importance of the scheme in addressing sub-standard housing across the city. But presenting figures to the...
A landlord has been fined more than £7,500 after running an illegal bedsit. Frank Otuo, 51, raked in £4,240 per month in rent from more than five tenants in the property in Leigham Court Road, Streatham. But Otuo didn’t have a licence to let out the property to so...
Landlords who exploit the supported housing system at the expense of vulnerable residents could be banned from operating or fined up to £30,000 as enforcement is stepped up across the country. A £20 million UK Government fund will support councils to crack down on...
A criminal landlord has been fined £2,814 for failing to license an HMO in Wolverhampton.Dudley Magistrates Court found Maciej Piotr Zaremba guilty of operating a property without a licence and for failing to respond to requisitions. Zaremba had previously been...
The anonymous dad-of-four, who needs to pay £1,090 to register his home in Leicester with a new council scheme, said he is already subsidising for rocketing energy prices A landlord says he will have to either hike his tenants' rent or sell his property because he...
A Coventry landlord was fined £60,000 by the council for letting an unlicensed home. The council paid a visit to the property in Monks Road, Stoke, after receiving several complaints from its residents who said they were left with 'no gas or electricity'....
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