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A landlord faces a hefty jail sentence unless she finds over £50,000 in the next three months - and on top...

Landlords have only until Friday to give their views on a controversial licensing consultation from a council known for its aggressive...

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 Manchester-based solicitors’ firm that incorrectly prosecuted a London council over a private rental case has been ordered to pay thousands...

An unlicensed landlord has been ordered to pay back almost £15,000 in rent to his tenants after they were forced to...

A London landlord has been found guilty of not licensing three buy to lets. Gurbachan Matharu from Dagenham was found guilty at...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £33,000 in costs for illegally running an HMO. The three-bedroom HMO was identified...

The landlord of a property dubbed a “house of horrors” by Barking and Dagenham council enforcement officers has been ordered to...

Training sessions are being aimed at teaching private landlords in one London borough the rules and responsibilities when it comes to...

The freeholders to a block of maisonettes have been ordered to pay more than £22,000 after failing to carry out repairs...

A London council has boasted of its success in working with a landlord to remedy problems on a rental property served...

A couple have been fined over £13,000 after they were found guilty of unlawfully evicting four tenants and breaching management regulations...

Fines totalling more than £250,000 were issued to rogue landlords in Barking and Dagenham last year. Offences included failing to have a...

Plans to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Barking and Dagenham has been approved by the government. Under...

An unscrupulous landlord who converted three family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning consent has been jailed for...

Eight men were found living in cramped conditions in a one-bedroom flat in east London during a raid by Barking and...

A Labour councillor tasked with clamping down on rogue landlords has found herself in hot water after failing to declare a...

A pair of landlords in Dagenham have been slapped with a hefty fine for renting out two illegally converted flats over...

A landlord in east London will have to cough up more than £100,000 or face going to jail for illegally converting...

A landlord has been ordered to pay in excess of £235,000 for renting out illegal bedsits in east London after pleading...

Police and housing officers raided an unused police station in Barking, East London and found up to 30 people living there. An...

Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham Council swooped on three addresses in east London last week as part of clamp down...