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The Housing Ombudsman, who presides over the social landlord sector comprising housing associations and local councils, has hit out at a...

A London council has successfully prosecuted two landlords who failed to comply with a planning enforcement notice originally issued against substandard...

A council that is often outspoken in its criticism of rogue private landlords has been slammed for literally thousands of health...

A landlord and three property management companies have been fined approaching £80,000 for health and safety failings. Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, Cadogan...

A London council is relaunching an appeal for private landlords to help house homeless people with mobility issues. Landlords in Camden and...

A London council has secured banning orders against four rogue landlords after they were found to be letting an unlicensed and...

A new website has been set up by a council purely for private rental sector tenants in one part of London. The...

Fines on landlords and letting agents that fall foul of London council regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...

Camden council in north London has become the first local authority to secure an anti-social behaviour injunction against a landlord in...

Labour councils in London have backed the initiative from Mayor Sadiq Khan to buy back ex-council houses now in the private...

Camden Council has approved the renewal of landlord licensing in the borough, extending the licensing to most Houses in Multiple Occupation...

Renting out a property as a short-term let or holiday home has proved extremely profitable for some property investors, and a...

Those who rent out homes short-term in either the London borough of Camden or Westminster could soon face fresh restrictions. Both councils...

A now-former council tenant in north London has been handed a suspended sentence and ordered to pay close to £90,000 after...

London’s first rogue landlord banning order has been issued after tenants’ lives were put at risk through the letting of unsafe...

‘For Sale’ and ‘To Let’ boards are one of the oldest and most important property marketing tools, even in this modern...

A London-based property firm has been ordered to pay back 70% of their profits gained from renting poorly converted flats in...

A rogue agent and two lettings companies in north west London have been heavily fined for operating a dangerous unlicensed house...

Two letting agents have been hit with £14,000 fines for unlicensed shared properties in Camden, north London. The two rogue letting agents...

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

A north London council is being encouraged to take a tough stance on reported Airbnb and equivalent style rentals in an...

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

A Camden councillor who was prosecuted last year by the council he works for in north west London after failing to...

A crowdfunding page has been set up by concerned tenants who are looking to pay for an independent fire safety inspection...

A letting agent responsible for managing a large buy-to-let portfolio in Norwich has been handed a 20-month suspended sentence for two...

A Camden councillor has been prosecuted by the council he works for after failing to carry out improvement works to a...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has written to Camden Council urging reconsideration of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for houses in...