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Coventry council will consider extending an Additional Licensing Scheme in the city for a further five years so it will run...

A statement from Coventry council says it is set to extend is HMO licensing regimes when they are considered for renewal. Councillors...

Five selective licensing schemes are being recommended to Burnley council’s executive for approval this evening. Four are renewals, one is brand...

Data gathered by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) shows that less than half the fines levied against rogue landlords have...

A landlord has been fined over £3,800 for letting out an unsafe and unlicensed HMO. South Gloucestershire council issued the landlord a...

A trio of Cambridge landlords have been fined more than £8,000 between them, after three separate HMOs were found to be...

A private landlord in Mansfield has been ordered to pay a £17,000 penalty after renting out sub-standard accommodation. The unnamed landlord, investigated...

A Tory council in Middle England has backed a committee of MPs calling for rental reform measures to be tightened up. The...

The government’s proposed tenancy reforms - including the banning of section 21 evictions - could be undermined by delays in the...

It’s claimed that Liverpool’s Labour council would take almost 150 years to process applications for its landlord licensing scheme. The council has...

A council has launched what it calls a Landlord and Tenant Support Package in place of a previous landlord accreditation system.  Telford...

Rogue landlords in one area of London could face unlimited fines, criminal convictions and bans from letting out properties. The measures are...

A lettings sector trade body is blasting local authorities for their poor record on trying to eliminate rogue landlords. The National Residential...

A Labour-controlled local authority with a reputation for clampdowns on rogue landyhas issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...

Over half of local authorities in England have not issued any civil penalties against rogue or criminal landlords in the last...

Some laws underpinning the private rented sector date back to the 18th century and are no longer fit for purposes, according...

Landlords are not required to conduct retrospective Right to Rent verification on tenants who had a Covid-adjusted check since March 30...

Salford council in Greater Manchester is to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live - and the...

A landlord who committed 33 offences at a property he owns has been issued with civil penalties totalling £50,500. Zaheer Uddin Babar,...

A £4,550 fine has been upheld after an appeal by the landlord was rejected by a property tribunal. Fenland council served five...

The government’s decision to invest an additional £4m in funding for local councils to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents has...

Proposals for a national register of landlords have been rejected by the government.  A report on the joint research project between the...

The government crackdown on the buy-to-let sector has seen landlord regulations increase by a third since the Conservative party came into...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 for illegally renting out an overcrowded House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without...

New guidance on Right to Rent checks for EU citizens after Britain leaves the European Union has been published by the...

Two thirds of councils in England and Wales responding to a FOI request by the Residential Landlords Association brought no prosecutions...

Rogue landlords with properties in Scarborough now face fines of up to £30,000 as the local council looks to clampdown on...

Cheshire East Council has pledged to clampdown on rogue landlords who allow tenants to live in poor housing standards within the...

Rogue landlords in Ashford will now face fines of up to £30,000 after Ashford Borough Council voted to adopt new rules...

Doncaster Council’s Cabinet will be discussing new ways to tackle rogue landlords at their meeting later today. The proposal is to introduce...

A property firm with assets in the Virgin Islands has paid a £8,000 civil penalty to Brent Council after two tenants...

Hefty fines could soon be issued to rogue landlords in Bradford without being taken to court, under plans due to be...

The new blacklist of rogue agents and landlords, introduced as part of the Housing and Planning Bill, will go a long...

Eviction firm Landlord Action is calling for a blacklist of persistent rogue tenants to be made public. The Housing and Planning Bill...