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A landlord has found himself on the Rogue Landlord Database after repeatedly renting out hazardous properties in Sheffield. Local landlord and businessman...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Both the Generation Rent activist group and London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan have issued a joint attack on private rental sector...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour council is being tipped to vote tomorrow to introduce rent controls for the private sector, even though it has...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Lambeth council in south London has prosecuted a rogue landlord who illegally ran a bed-sit in the borough. Frank Otuo of Putney...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has praised tenants in the capital for using a register that names and shames rogue landlords -...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A Bristol landlord has been banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards. Naomi Knapp, a portfolio landlord...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
In what has been described as a ‘first’ by the local authority concerned, a rogue landlord has been banned from letting...
09 August 2022
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A council has secured a banning order against a rogue landlord who was found guilty of failing to comply with legal...
24 May 2022
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A landlord who let out a property that raised serious concerns for the safety of 18 residents, including six children, has...
11 January 2022
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The National Residential Landlords Association has thrown its weight behind the recommendations of the National Audit Office report urging the government...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord deemed unfit to rent out property in the north London borough of Brent in 2015 has since received...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Tenants will be offered access to the government’s rogue landlord database under fresh plans unveiled by Theresa May. The Prime Minister was...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The government’s attempts to clampdown on rogue landlords have been branded ‘weak and pathetic’, partly due to the vast and complex...
25 October 2018
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A combination of tax reform and stricter regulation for landlords is slowing the growth of the private rented sector (PRS), but private...
27 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Landlord licensing, a database of rogue landlords and improved rent controls are among some of the primary measures proposed by renters...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News
The mayor of London’s decision to launch a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ rogue landlords and letting agents...